Li Shimin has been in Luoyang for many days, but has not heard from Wang Shichong, but he believes that Wang Shichong will definitely come. Wang Shichong has always used Hu Shang's identity as a cover, so Li Shimin has always been more concerned about Hu Shang in Luoyang City.
Trend. When this sensational team of Hu merchants appeared in Luoyang City, Li Shimin immediately guessed that it must be Wang Shichong pretending to be one. But there was one thing Li Shimin couldn't figure out. Why did Wang Shichong want to make everyone in the city know about it?
Of course, the fact that the whole city knew everything was relative. After the barbarian caravan entered the house, it never showed up again. More than ten days passed without a trace. It even made people wonder whether they were merchants after all. Maybe they were just for business.
When they saw the grand scene of Luoyang, they could only bring those enchanting orchids with them for their enjoyment.
However, Li Shimin did not get in touch with Wang Shichong. He had already made up his mind. If Wang Shichong could find a way to cause chaos in the Han Dynasty, that would be great. They and his son could also take advantage of the chaos. If Wang Shichong could not cause chaos, he would
He had already discussed the established policy with Li Yuan and gradually seized the power of the Han Dynasty step by step. Moreover, Li Shimin believed that there must be informants from the imperial court around him, so it was actually a good thing for everyone that he did not contact Wang Shichong.
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In the Han Dynasty, the most lively event was not the Spring Festival but the Lantern Festival. On this night, the entire Luoyang would be decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. No matter the dignitaries or the common people, they would flock to the streets and turn the eastern capital into a sea of carnival. It is said that when
On this day, the emperor's concubines would also travel incognito. However, there were no televisions or newspapers in this era, and most people had never seen Liu Ziqiu's appearance. Moreover, it was said that the empress was proficient in the art of disguise. As long as she changed her appearance slightly, outsiders would not be able to recognize them.
Come.
However, there are still many wealthy families who will go to great lengths to put up all kinds of ingenious lanterns in front of their doors and arrange all kinds of cheerful songs and dances on the Lantern Festival to please the emperor. It is said that as long as the emperor is satisfied,
You can get generous rewards. Of course, for those wealthy families, wealth is secondary. The most important thing is that if you can get a reward from the emperor, this honor is not something that everyone has the opportunity to obtain.
Starting from the fifth day of the first lunar month, many families began to prepare lanterns in front of their doors. In order not to attract attention, Li Shimin only prepared two inconspicuous revolving lanterns. However, he sent someone to inquire about the Hu who was suspected to be Wang Shichong.
The merchant purchased a lot of materials for making lanterns and prepared a huge platform in front of the door.
Hearing the news, Li Shimin was suddenly taken aback and muttered: "What is Wang Shichong going to do? Could it be that he wants to assassinate Liu Ziqiu!"
The Taiyuan College has already been on vacation, and Li Jiancheng has also moved in with Li Shimin. After listening to Li Shimin's guess, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It's not easy to assassinate Liu Ziqiu? Not to mention Liu Ziqiu's own kung fu, you have also seen it. Every time he travels, he also
There are clouds of guards. What's more, when he goes out to watch the lanterns, he must be disguised. How does Wang Shichong know who Liu Ziqiu is? And Luoyang City is so big, how can he be sure that Liu Ziqiu will go to see his lanterns? "
"Brother is right." Li Shimin nodded, an idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly realized, "Wang Shichong wants to attract Liu Ziqiu's attention!"
Li Jiancheng was shocked and said: "Drawing Liu Ziqiu's attention? Wang Shichong is putting himself in danger! It doesn't matter if something happens to him, it will be troublesome if he takes us out."
Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Don't worry, my father has arranged someone around Wang Shichong. He will never let him fall into the hands of Liu Ziqiu alive!"
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In the past two years, the Han people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their lives have become increasingly prosperous, and the annual Lantern Festival has become more and more lively. On this day, Liu Ziqiu will indeed take his family to the streets to watch the lanterns. However, the Lantern Festival in the eighth year of ZTE
The Lantern Festival is different. Because several women have their own children, and these children are still young. There are many people at the Lantern Festival, and every year there are incidents of children getting lost at the Lantern Festival. Therefore, this year’s Lantern Festival
, several women suggested not to go to the street to watch the lanterns.
Of course, Liu Ziqiu himself will still go. This is also an opportunity for him to directly examine the public sentiment. After having an early dinner in the palace, Gao Xiuer helped him change his appearance. After the change, Liu Ziqiu now
His image is that of a middle-aged uncle who is over forty years old, and even the people closest to him cannot recognize him.
Liu Ziqiu picked up the bronze mirror and took a look at it. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can just enjoy the lanterns on the palace city. I will go out for a walk alone."
"Your Majesty." Hua Yun suddenly called out and whispered, "I, my concubine, will go with you."
Ever since she told Liu Ziqiu about Wang Yufeng, Hua Yun was always worried that Liu Ziqiu would think something of her. Today, the other sisters did not go out of the palace to watch the lanterns. She felt that this was an opportunity to be alone with Liu Ziqiu. Maybe she could open her heart to Liu Ziqiu.
Let’s talk about it. In fact, Liu Ziqiu has never had an opinion about Hua Yun, nor has he thought about it that much.
When he heard that Hua Yun was willing to go with him, Liu Ziqiu laughed: "Then hurry up and change into men's clothes."
Disguising herself as a man is Hua Yun's ancestral skill. At this time, she smiled slyly: "Your Majesty, I, please ask Sister Xiu'er for a favor."
In fact, Hua Yun is one year older than Gao Xiu'er. However, Gao Xiu'er is the main palace. Even if she is ten years older than Gao Xiu'er, she only calls Gao Xiu'er sister. Of course, Gao Xiu'er and Hua Yun have the best relationship, so naturally they also
Understanding what she was thinking, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Sister, when the time comes, just don't think your sister has made you look ugly."
Gao Xiuer became more and more skilled in disguise. After a while, Hua Yun had changed her appearance and became a lady in her early forties, who happened to be a couple with Liu Ziqiu. If these two people were walking on the street, no one would be able to see her.
It was impossible to guess that they were actually the emperor and concubine of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, both Liu Ziqiu and Hua Yun were good at martial arts, and they would secretly bring dozens of guards around them. The reason why they had to disguise themselves was not because they were worried that someone would have evil intentions, but because they were afraid of being recognized by the courtiers who were also watching the lanterns on the street.
Come out. At that time, all the etiquette will be too cumbersome and will disturb their interest in watching the lanterns.
When everything was ready, Liu Ziqiu and Hua Yun went down the tower side by side and came to the Zhuque Gate. Suddenly they saw a person walking out of the corner, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your slaves also want to go out to watch the lanterns, and I would also like to see your Majesty."
Please agree with me!"
Liu Ziqiu took a closer look, but it was Wang Yufeng who had changed into a fancy dress. He couldn't help but frowned and said, "How are you going to do this?"
Hua Yun was determined to repair the relationship with Wang Yufeng, so she waved her hand and advised: "Husband, please allow her to change into civilian clothes and follow her as a servant."
Wang Yufeng was overjoyed, agreed to dress up, and went quickly. In fact, Hua Yun could also change her into men's clothing, but that was reserved for helping her choose a husband at the Young Talents Conference, and now she could not let outsiders know. In addition,
She has a pair of blue eyes, and others can tell that she is a bastard at a glance, so it takes a lot of effort to disguise herself.
It was already the second watch when the group of people came out of Zhuque Gate. The various lanterns on both sides of the road were dazzling, and there were waves of people watching the lanterns, people coming and going.
In fact, viewing the lanterns happens almost every year. More and more people do it not to view the lanterns, but just to have fun. There are also some apprentices who take advantage of the opportunity of viewing the lanterns to take advantage of the older girls and younger wives.
Because many wealthy families have strict family traditions, the ladies, young ladies and rich ladies will only show their faces on the street on this day, and they all dress up deliberately to look more charming. The prostitutes will pick up women.
Squeezing in as many places as possible, touching the chest and touching the buttocks. Hua Yun asked Wang Yufeng to change into civilian clothes, just to prevent attracting those disciples. After all, the eyes of the disciples were focused on those gorgeously dressed young women.
The eldest daughter doesn't have much interest in ordinary people wearing ordinary clothes.
With Wang Yufeng by his side, it was inconvenient for Hua Yun to say some things to Liu Ziqiu, and tonight it became purely about watching the lights and enjoying the scenery. However, Liu Ziqiu watched with great interest.
A group of people were walking on the street when a few young men in brocade clothes suddenly appeared in the alley. They seemed to be drunk and stumbled towards them. When Hua Yun saw this, he waited for the guard who was hiding in the crowd to order these few.
A young man was expelled, but Liu Ziqiu didn't want to reveal his identity. He frowned slightly and pulled Hua Yun aside.
Those young men saw that although Hua Yun was dressed luxuriously, but she was already "over forty years old", they were not very interested and were about to leave. One of them suddenly saw Wang Yufeng dressed as a maid, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he wiped her away.
He went over, pretending that his feet slipped and staggered, and his hands rushed towards Wang Yufeng's plump buttocks. It turned out that although Wang Yufeng had changed into civilian clothes, her figure could not be concealed.
The boys' favorite target. Not to mention that Wang Yufeng was dressed as a slave, and these young men were even more unscrupulous in taking advantage.
Although Liu Ziqiu pulled Hua Yun to one side, he was looking around. Seeing this situation, his face could not help but turn cold. Just as he was about to take action, he saw someone shouting: "How dare you! How dare you do such a shameless thing!"
At this time, Wang Yufeng had already sensed that those young men in brocade clothes had evil intentions, so she screamed and hid behind Hua Yun. In fact, although Wang Yufeng had never practiced martial arts, she was kept in the palace by Hua Yun for several years.
Although she did rough work, she also gained some strength, and her personality was not that of a weak girl. According to her past temper, she might have started fighting with those teenagers, but when she saw someone coming to help, she
Only then did he look like he was completely frightened.