Early the next morning, Princess Honghua put on her costume and rode a carriage to Princess Taiping's Mansion.
However, when they arrived outside the mansion, they were told that Princess Taiping had gone out and her return date was uncertain.
Princess Honghua sighed quietly in the carriage.
She deliberately chose the early morning time to prevent Princess Taiping from going out.
How could any of the royal children get up so early? She already understood that Princess Taiping was deliberately avoiding her.
Shortly after her carriage left, a guard rushed into the lobby of the princess's mansion and reported: "Your Highness, Princess Honghua is gone."
"knew."
Princess Taiping didn't even raise her head, and kept her eyes on wiping a huge plaque on the table.
"Your Highness, why don't you see Princess Honghua?" the maid Zhili asked strangely.
"What do you know?" Princess Taiping glanced at her, covered the plaque with red silk, and said:
"Aunt Honghua must be here because of the Tuyuhun incident. She hopes that I can help her talk to her second cousin and ask the court to help them regain the country. How can such things be easily mixed up."
Zhili said oh, but didn't understand it very well.
Princess Taiping was too lazy to explain, so she took out a box of pearl powder and ordered it to be sent to the Guangping County Government to give to Cheng Caiyi.
Then he left the mansion, got on a carriage, and asked someone to place the plaque in another carriage, and headed all the way to the Duke's Mansion.
Today, Wu Chengsi was to receive the title of canonization from the county king, and she naturally did not intend to miss this moment.
When they arrived at the palace, Wu Chengsi and his wife were having breakfast.
Princess Taiping ate some more sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and while the three of them were eating, they chatted about home affairs. Princess Taiping would glance at the door from time to time.
When she glanced out the door for the fourth time, she saw Wen Rong quickly entering the side hall, beaming with joy and saying: "My lord, officials from the Fengsi Department of the Ministry of Personnel are here!"
Among the four departments of the Ministry of Personnel, the "Si Feng Si" is responsible for conferring titles. There is no doubt that they are here to confer kings on themselves.
Wu Chengsi felt happy, smiled slightly, and went out to greet him.
The one who came was Dr. Si Fengsi.
Wearing strict official uniforms and solemn expressions, Wu Chengsi and he greeted each other and entered the main hall together. Wen Rong had already ordered someone to prepare the incense table.
Doctor Si Feng walked behind the incense table, unfolded the imperial edict on yellow silk, and raised his voice:
"Subordinate: I have been given the order of Heaven, and I have been precepted as a precept, and I have established a feudal vassal to support my relatives and virtuous people. Duke Wu Chengsi of the State of Zhou is filial to friends, generous, gentle and respectful, with branches and leaves in his lines, and no traces in his roads. He is specially named Changping County.
King, it is appropriate to order a supervisor to choose a day, prepare a list of gifts and orders, and the master will carry them out."
"Your Majesty Wu Chengsi accepted the decree and thanked you for your kindness!" Wu Chengsi raised his hands and took the imperial edict and the seal of the prince.
After the official who conveyed the decree left, Wu Chengsi and Li Zhiying were relatively quiet, while Princess Taiping and the people in the Duke's mansion were much more excited.
Princess Taiping personally directed Wen Rong to take down the plaque with the four words "Zhou Guogong's Mansion" and hang up the plaque she brought.
Pulling open the red silk fabric, the five gilt characters "Changping County Prince's Mansion" shined brightly in the sunlight.
After Princess Taiping finished the plaque, her eyes moved to the two stone lions at the door of Wu Chengsi's house, and she frowned:
"Second cousin, your stone lions are too small. You should replace them with two larger ones!"
Wu Chengsi was about to speak when he suddenly saw a carriage arriving outside the palace gate.
After the car curtain was opened, the person who came down was Ye Yuqiu's familiar face, Gu Luoer.
After she got off the car, she walked over slowly. After taking a look at the plaque of Changping County Prince's Palace, she gave a blessing and said, "Gu Luo'er, a citizen girl, has met the prince, the princess, and the princess."
Princess Taiping did not respond because Gu Luoer had offended her with her words.
Li Zhiying had heard of Gu Luoer for a long time, and also heard that Wu Chengsi had asked her to recommend talents.
He took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Gu's talent is famous far and wide. My little sister has heard about it for a long time. Today, Miss Gu is the first guest of our Changping County Prince's Mansion. Please come into the manor to talk."
Gu Luoer nodded in thanks, but did not enter the house. She looked at Wu Chengsi.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Miss Gu, do you have any talented candidates that you would like to recommend to me?"
Although everyone knows that Gu Luoer is an artist but not a person, she is the most sensitive person in the world of mortals.
Seeing that Wu Chengsi's attitude was the same as a year ago, he felt relieved and said slowly: "To be honest, Luo'er came to see the prince today because he has something important to tell him."
Seeing her serious expression, Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "Miss Gu, please come into the house to talk."
Welcoming Gu Luoer into the lobby, everyone sat down separately.
Gu Luoer placed the tea served by Yu Mian on the table and went straight to the point: "Your Majesty, a woman from the Western Regions came to Ye Yuqiu recently, named Soyina. The little girl suspects that she is a spy of the Tubo people."
Princess Taiping, who was drinking tea, almost spit out a mouthful of tea.
She originally thought that Gu Luo'er had seen Wu Chengsi being crowned king and came to cling to him, but she never expected that he would say such words.
Wu Chengsi said with a serious face: "How did you find out?"
Seeing that he was treating her seriously and not looking down upon her because she was a brothel girl, Gu Luoer said:
"My maid Xiaoxue discovered it. She heard Soyina talking to a man in black at the door of the backyard a few nights ago. What they spoke was Tubo."
"How does your maid know the Tubo language they speak?" Princess Taiping asked doubtfully.
Gu Luoer replied:
"Xiaoxue was originally from Tuyuhun and could understand the Tubo dialect. She came to Chang'an with Princess Honghua. Her parents fell ill and died after coming to Chang'an. She then sold herself to a brothel and buried her parents."
Wu Chengsi's eyebrows flickered slightly and he was silent.
Gu Luoer stood up and said: "Your Highness, this is what I want to say. Please allow me to leave."
Wu Chengsi stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Miss Gu, to be honest, I am preparing to think of ways to deal with the Tubo people. What you told me is very useful, thank you very much."
Gu Luoer smiled slightly, bowed and left.
Princess Taiping looked at her back and murmured: "She is different from ordinary brothel girls."
Wu Chengsi said sternly: "She is a good woman with intelligence and many talents. Don't look down on her because of her status."
"I know." Princess Taiping pouted: "Second cousin, have you thought of a way to make the Tibetans withdraw their troops?"
Wu Chengsi stood up, walked a few steps and said:
"Before, I had been thinking about finding a way to let the Tibetan people see the scene of the gunpowder explosion, but also make them feel that we were hiding it from them."
Li Zhiying's eyebrows turned, and she understood the meaning of Wu Chengsi's words, and said with a smile: "So you want to use that Tibetan female spy to spread the news?"
Wu Chengsi nodded and smiled: "Taiping, haven't you always wanted to see the gunpowder test explode?"
"Are you finally willing to show it to others?" Princess Taiping's eyes were shining.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "If you don't make this noise, you won't be able to attract fish." After speaking, he gave instructions to Wen Rong:
"Steward Wen, go find the Korean envoy immediately and ask him to invite the young Turk king to a hunting competition in the Furong Garden in the afternoon. Then you can take them into the Furong Garden with my token."
Princess Taiping wondered: "Second cousin, what are you doing?"
Wu Chengsi smiled mysteriously: "I'll tell you slowly later." He waved to Wen Rong and said, "Go ahead."
Wen Rong took the order and left.
In the backyard of Changping County Prince's Mansion, Wu Chengsi had already designated several separate courtyards, which were closely guarded by carefully selected guards, and then personally looked after by Lu Xiong.
Wu Chengsi took his two daughters to the backyard.
Soon, a shocking explosion came from the back house, and the loud noise quickly spread throughout Pingkangfang, and then quickly spread to the whole city.
People in the street love to discuss this kind of thing, and they all talk about where the sound comes from.
One of the most talked-about stories is that the Changping County Prince's Mansion was struck by lightning.
As for the reason why he was hacked, there are different opinions. Some people say that Wu Chengsi was the reincarnation of a heavenly priest, so the heavens thundered to congratulate him on being crowned king.
There are also wise people who connected this thunder with the sky-shattering thunder returned from the battlefield in Liaodong, and believed that the sound should be a new weapon of the Tang army.
In addition, there are a few people who say that Wu Chengsi killed too many people in the Liaodong battlefield and killed too much, and that the prince was stained with blood.
Therefore, God sent down divine thunder to punish him. Some people even said that Wu Chengsi had been struck to death by lightning.
The Tubo prince naturally believed in the second theory.
He determined that the sound was the Tang Army's secret weapon, the "Shocking Thunder," which was specially used to deal with the Tubo people.
He immediately ordered Dagu to do everything possible to find out the situation of Lei Sheng in the Prince's Mansion.
Dagu had no choice but to take orders and leave the Tibetan Embassy in Beijing.
However, this is the Tang Dynasty after all. Although Dagu has a lot of strategies, he can't think of a way at the moment. He can only squat outside the prince's palace during the whole day.
At night, the outside of the county prince's mansion suddenly became lively.
There was an endless stream of court officials coming to congratulate Wu Chengsi on being crowned king. Dagu originally wanted to sneak in, but after all, he had met Wu Chengsi and his identity might be exposed, so he had to give up.