Chapter 91 New Year’s Eve (1)

After the festival, the beginning of spring will be the beginning of spring, and then there will be another three days of holiday, and then the New Year will be on, and there will be another seven days of holiday. In the middle, the Empress Dowager's death day will be on, and there will be another three days of holiday. The seventh year of Tianbao New Year holiday will last for nearly half a month.

The New Year is called the New Year in the Tang Dynasty, which is one of the most grand festivals among the Tang Dynasty. On this day, every household will worship their ancestors, and relatives who are far away from a foreign land will try every means to rush home to worship their ancestors.

Today is New Year's Eve, and the soldiers of Anxi Army also had their own places to go. Those with relatives and friends went to their relatives and friends' homes. In Chang'an, if they had no relatives or reasons, they went to the newly restored Anxi Jinzuyuan for the New Year. A few days ago, Anxi Jinzuyuan came to the door to invite everyone to spend the New Year's Day.

The mansion was deserted and the courtyard where only Li Qing lived was full of vitality. The three little ladies had been busy for several days. Although Xiaolian was just a supporting role in music, singing and dancing, Rushi Ruhua could only help her when it comes to cooking and housework.

Xiaolian's mother died when she was eight years old, and her father served in the army again. At a young age, she took on the burden of a family, killing chickens and fish, cooking rice and tea, cutting clothes and cutting window flowers. She was skillful and capable.

Xiaolian actually already understood that her father was no longer alive. At noon, she went to the market to buy incense wax paper candles and set them up in the vacant west wing room.

"Xiao Lian!" Li Qing'an's urging came from the yard, "Where are you? Get it clean, the carriage is here."

"Brother, I'll be fine soon." Xiaolian's panic sound came from the west wing, "Bang!" and an item fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Li Qing'an walked towards the west wing with some curiosity. Xiaolian had been in the room for two hours since noon.

"Brother, don't come in!"

Xiaolian shouted in panic, but it was too late, and Li Qingan pushed open the door.

The scene in front of him suddenly stunned him. In the middle of the main room, there was an incense table, with three spiritual cards, one big and two small. In front of the spiritual cards, there were incense candles, jade cakes, cows and sheep with noodles and other offerings.

The large spirit card reads "The Spirit of the Li family's ancestor Qing'an", the two small spirit card reads "Qing'an's father' and "Qing'an's mother'". In the other side room, another small incense table is placed, which enshrines the spiritual tablets of Xiaolian's parents.

Li Qing'an's nose couldn't help but feel a little sour. This little girl

"Brother, I'm sorry, I didn't ask for your consent in advance!" Xiaolian walked over slowly with a red face.

"It's okay!" Li Qing'an hugged her slender shoulders lovingly and said with a smile: "Let's come to worship again tomorrow. Today is New Year's Eve, and we have to leave."

Xiaolian nodded obediently and followed Li Qing'an out of the room. The sisters in the yard had been waiting for a long time. Both sisters were wearing short robes, a dying dance skirt with a pipa in their hands, like a pair of blooming lotus, shining each other.

Li Qingan also changed into ordinary clothes. Today he wore a white robe, a soft-footed head, a nine-ring belt, and a six-wheeled boots, which were simple and refreshing.

"Brother, wait for me!" Xiaolian turned around and ran into the room, "I'll get the piano."

At this time, Rushi walked up and whispered: "Brother, I'm a little scared."

Li Qingan smiled and twisted her delicate face, "What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that Sang Lee will fall in love with our sisters."

If Li Xiangguo took a fancy to them and asked for it, would the eldest brother give him himself and his sister?

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. He is the prime minister. If he doesn't even have this attentiveness, who would do things for him? Besides, even if he wants it, I won't give it to you!"

Rushi lowered her head and thought about it, but still shook her head gently, "Brother, you are afraid that we will be lonely on New Year's Eve and want to take us there. We are very happy, but I still don't want to go."

"Sister!" Ruhua was a little anxious. She had been waiting for several days tonight. The Prime Minister's Mansion celebrated New Year's Eve. How lively it was, how could it not go?

Rushi pulled her sister aside and whispered: "Ruhua, my elder brother wanted to take us there because he was afraid that we would be lonely on New Year's Eve, but we couldn't go."

"Why?" Ruhua was a little unwilling.

Rushi sighed and said, "Have you forgotten what Ruyu sister had encountered?"

Ruhua immediately remembered something three years ago. Sister Ruyu, who grew up with them, was given to Xi Shangshu, the Ministry of Rites patrolling Hebei by An Lushan. Later, she heard that Xi Shangshu gave her to another senior official in Luoyang and transferred her several times. In the end, someone saw her in a brothel in Luoyang.

Ruhua's face was a little pale, and she nodded quickly and said, "Then I won't go."

"Hey! You two."

Li Qingan walked up and hugged them and smiled, "Are you going?"

"Brother, we don't want to go."

"You don't want to go there!"

Li Qing'an kissed each of his pretty faces and smiled and said, "Since you don't go, then stay at home obediently. I'll try to come back as early as possible."

At this time, Xiaolian ran out of the room with Li Qing'an's Persian piano case in her arms, "Aren't you leaving?"

"Xiao Lian, we won't go."

Xiaolian was stunned, "Why?"

Rushi shook her head and said, "No, we don't want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, we will stay at home tonight."

Xiaolian hesitated for a moment and stuffed the piano to Li Qing'an and said, "Brother, then I won't go anymore. Actually, I didn't want to go at first."

"It's best if you don't go, so I'll go alone."

Li Qingan went out with a smile.

At this time, Chang'an City had become a festive ocean, with firecrackers everywhere. Children wearing new clothes ran out of their homes, holding a handful of copper coins they had just obtained, and surrounded the honey porridge stall and the noodle stall tightly.

Li Linfu's mansion was not far away. Soon, Li Qing'an rode his horse to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. A pair of big red lanterns were hung in front of Li Linfu's gate. The lanterns were lit in the dusk at dusk, and the two red lights were particularly eye-catching.

"General Li, you are here."

The second housekeeper of the Prime Minister's Mansion ran, grabbed the reins of Li Qing'an's mount and said, "The master asked me to come out and wait for the general."

Li Qing'an smiled and said, "Is the banquet started?"

"It's still early to start the banquet! There are two sons-in-law who haven't arrived."

A servant led the horse down, and Li Qing'an entered the mansion with the second housekeeper. The mansion was brightly lit and covered with red lanterns, immersing the entire Prime Minister's Mansion in a peaceful and festive atmosphere. The second housekeeper introduced to Li Qing'an: "General Li, the Prime Minister's Mansion is very lively today. Twenty-five young men and their wives and children, nineteen married girls, and seventeen sons and sons were basically here."

"Where is outsider?" Li Qingan asked with a smile: "Who else besides me?"

"There are also outsiders, including the Censor Wang Zhongcheng's family, the Dali Temple Ji Shaoqing's family, and the Censor Luo Xishi and his son. These are all VIPs specially invited by the master."

As they said that, the two walked into the central hall. A noisy and lively atmosphere came from afar. Although the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not as big as Yanghuahua Mansion, it can accommodate thousands of people to eat. It was not until this time that Li Qing'an saw the extravagance of a powerful minister in the Tang Dynasty. He saw that the main hall was filled with nearly a thousand people, including Li Linfu's twenty-five sons and their wives, concubines and children, twenty-five daughters, son-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, Li Linfu's brothers and sisters and their family. The most spectacular one was Li Linfu's wives and concubines, with three or four hundred people. The whole main hall was filled with the sound of orioles and the sound of powder. Groups of children ran around the table, laughing.

Li Qingan was dazzled. He wanted to find Jiang Wuyi, but in the sea of ​​people, she could be seen where she could be seen.

"General Li, please follow me first!"

The second housekeeper led Li Qing'an to a side hall next to him, and saw more than 20 people sitting inside, chatting and laughing. Li Linfu was sitting in the middle, talking and laughing with an official in his forties.

"Master, General Li is here."

Li Qingan followed the housekeeper into the side hall, and bowed and said, "Meet the Prime Minister!"

"Qiro is here."

Li Linfu stood up with a smile and said to everyone: "General Anxi, I don't need me to introduce it to you!"

Everyone laughed, and the middle-aged man next to him bowed and smiled, "So you are Li Qing'an, who is famous in the capital, and you have been revered for a long time."

Li Linfu introduced to him: "This is my clan's brother, Li Fudao, the governor of Runzhou."

Li Qingan quickly greeted him and said, "A subordinate of me was appointed as the magistrate of Dantu County. I wonder if he was in office?"

"You are talking about County Magistrate Han! He has just taken office and is very good. Once he takes office, he goes to the countryside to visit the people's situation."

"Then please take care of Governor Li in the future!"

"Haha! Sure! Sure!"

At this time, Li Linfu smiled and introduced other people to him, "This is my eldest son Xiu, and he will be the junior supervisor."

A middle-aged man who looked a bit like Li Linfu bowed to him.

"This is my second son, Jun, the chief secretary, this is Sanziyu, Taichang Shaoqing, this is the eldest son-in-law Zhang Boji, Honglu Shaoqing; the second son-in-law Zheng Ping, now the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

Everyone greeted each other. Finally, Li Linfu looked at Shi Lu and smiled and said, "The time is almost over, let's go together!"

A group of people followed Li Linfu and walked towards the main hall. The lobby was steaming and there was a lot of noise. As Li Linfu walked into the lobby, everyone gradually became quiet. Although they were all family, the seats were placed very carefully, arranged in the same shape. The noble people sat in the front row and the secondary people sat in the back row. Generally speaking, the legitimate concubines were superior to the legitimate concubines, men were superior to the woman, and wives were superior to the concubines. Li Linfu sat in the main seat. His first wife died early, and was accompanied by two of his favorite concubines.

Today, there were four distinguished guests sitting on the right hand side, sitting in the first row with Li Linfu's four legitimate sons, Li Qing'an's seat was in the middle, on the right was Ji Wen, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and on the left was Luo Xishi, the Censor of the Censor.
Chapter completed!