On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, before dawn, more than thirty families were ready in the Wangji Inn in Xin'an County. This was the first batch of officials going to Chang'an.
They were all low-level officials, with the highest position being only the eighth rank, so they resigned and left the court without any concern.
But they are very important to Li Ye. These people are technical officials, which can be said to be the backbone of various industries, such as construction, mineral processing, smelting, casting, machinery, shipbuilding, agriculture, etc.
They are all at the level of engineers, not craftsmen. Craftsmen know what to do, but engineers know why they do it?
They will all be engineering professors and colleagues in the future. They have stayed at the Xin'an Inn for the past two days and everyone has become very familiar with each other.
Wang Zhan was among them. He brought his wife, children and mother. All the valuable things in his house were sold out, so they didn't have much luggage. His wife, son and mother each brought a bag of clothes, and then there was the heavy bag.
Wang Zhan held the box tightly in his hand.
They are not worried. After arriving in Chang'an, each family will receive a settlement allowance of 300 guan, and they are ready to buy new bedding and kitchen utensils.
Yang Shaohua walked in quickly and said with a smile: "The carriage has arrived, everyone, please get on board! There is a carriage for each family."
He clapped his hands again and said: "We may celebrate New Year's Eve in Shaanxi County, don't worry! Shaanxi County is already our territory, and everything has been arranged there. We will give everyone a good rest for two days."
"Let's go!" the children cheered.
Everyone dragged their children with them and began to line up and walk slowly. There were more than thirty oil-filled carriages parked outside the inn, and there were 500 cavalry guards.
Everyone got on the carriage, and dry food and water bottles were prepared on the carriage. Food and water would be replenished along the way.
Wang Zhan's family got into a carriage. The family of four sat down against the window, with their son nestled in his grandmother's arms. Wang Zhan and his wife sat side by side, holding hands tightly.
At this time, the carriage started, one after another slowly. Wang Zhan and his wife looked at each other, their eyes filled with joy. They looked out the window together, their eyes full of expectations for a new life.
The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve.
After noon, the streets of Chang'an began to become deserted.
Everyone went home, and all the shops began to close.
Only some children were left playing outside.
Li Ye's palace was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. In the morning, the princess distributed the annual reward. Everyone in the mansion was very happy. Even Aunt Gongsun received an annual reward of two thousand guan.
Aunt Gongsun did not go to the Taiqing Palace, but stayed in the Laojun Palace in the palace and became Li Ye's guest. She selected eighteen people from among the female guards to officially become her disciples.
It is obvious that Aunt Gongsun is also following the path of Master Liefeng.
In addition to the Laojun Hall, the Qi Palace also has a Guanyin Temple, where more than a dozen female nuns practice.
This Guanyin Yuan was built purely for Aunt Mu. Aunt Mu is almost sixty years old. In two years, Li Ye's first goal will be achieved and Aunt Mu will live to be sixty years old.
Now it seems that living to sixty is not a big problem. Although the old lady is very thin, she is healthy and in good spirits and is busy every day.
She only does two things every day, either chanting sutras at home or attending Dharma meetings. She is now a distinguished guest in major temples in Chang'an. When she goes to the temple, the abbot personally comes out to greet her and holds Dharma meetings. She is also the chief guest. Originally, Dugu
The old lady's seat now belongs to her, and below her is the old lady Changsun, Changsun Quanxu's mother.
Who dares to neglect His Royal Highness the Grandmother of King Qi?
Every morning after breakfast, Mrs. Mu happily goes to Guanyin Yuan. If there is no Dharma conference, she will stay in Guanyin Yuan until the evening.
Aunt Mu has a monthly allowance of 100 guan. Like the princess, she has 3,000 guan as a new year's money at the end of the year. She basically doesn't spend any money. Her usual monthly money is donated to the Salesian Home, and the year-end lucky money is donated to charity.
Give her five monasteries that she often visits.
Li Ye and the princess never cared about her spending money. She could spend it however she wanted. She also went to Guanyin Yuan today and gave Guanyin Yuan a thousand gu of sesame oil money. More than a dozen old nuns were so happy that they treated her like a living Bodhisattva.
Offer it up.
Of course, Li Ye's wives and concubines also received annual rewards: the princess received 10,000 guan, each of Yang Yuhuan and Qingyu received 5,000 guan, and each of his children received 500 guan as a gift.
As Li Ye's new concubine, Dugu Taiwei also received three thousand guan, and by next year she will be the same as Qing Yu.
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, every household should take a bath to wash away the filth of the year and welcome the arrival of the New Year.
Of course Li Ye's family is no exception.
There is a hot spring in the royal palace in Jincheng County, and Li Ye's family developed the habit of taking a bath.
The first thing Li Ye did when he took over the palace of Qi was to build two baths, one large and one small. There were strong women who were responsible for boiling water. They used coal to boil the water behind the baths. The boiling water rolled, and the hot steam flowed through the bamboo pipes.
Keep sending them into the bath.
In the bathroom, several women were sitting side by side taking a bath in the large pool, while eight children were playing in the small pool next to them. Several maids were watching them. Why were there eight? Because there was an extra Yang Ke'er, Yang Yupei's adopted daughter.
“This soap is good and very comfortable!”
Several women lathered themselves up and praised their husbands' new soap invention.
The soap was made by Li Ye using baking soda to decompose mutton fat, and then added spices to make the soap. Today was the first time they used it, and they were very satisfied.
"My husband is so pitiful!"
Yang Yuhuan smiled and said: "Just because there are two more women, he can't enjoy family happiness with us."
Yang Yupei pouted, "Let your husband come, I don't care!"
"real?"
Dugu Xinyue smiled and said: "I asked the maid to invite him."
Yang Yupei did not admit defeat at all, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and invite me. I can't wait to bathe with King Qi."
She was telling the truth, and she really longed to bathe with Li Ye in her heart.
"Sister, don't!" Dugu Taiwei was startled and quickly grabbed Dugu Xinyue's arm.
Qingyu pinched her ears and laughed: "Are you shy? He is a bad husband! The third sister doesn't care, so why do you care?"
Dugu Taiwei's pretty face flushed, and she whispered to Dugu Xinyue: "Sister, please go and invite him!"
"Idiot, can't you tell I'm joking with you? Even if we let it go and don't care about you two, the prince may not agree!"
Yang Yupei knew very well that Li Ye refused to come because he was there. If he was not there, he would definitely come.
Yang Yupei was even a little jealous of Dugu Taiwei. Among the women, she was the youngest at only seventeen years old, but she had the best figure. First of all, she was the tallest, half a head taller than the princess. She was tall but plump.
There are two towering peaks on the chest, and the skin is crystal white and full of amazing elasticity.
Similarly, her sister Yang Yuhuan is also an amazing existence. She looks like a thirty-year-old young woman. Her skin is also full of elasticity. She looks around and looks high-spirited. This is because she is deeply nourished by men, so she will remain youthful.
Pass away.
Yang Yupei couldn't help but feel sad. Although her own skin was also very white, it was just dry white and had lost its oily luster. The flesh on her entire body had become saggy.
She suddenly felt bored and didn't want to drink anymore. She stood up and said with a smile, "I'm ready. Let's go drink tea first. You can drink slowly!"
She walked out of the bath, and the two maids quickly wrapped her in a large bath towel and took her out to change.
When Dugu Xinyue saw Yang Yupei leaving, she whispered a few words to her sister Dugu Taiwei, who nodded shyly.
Dugu Xinyue turned around and told the maid, "Go and invite the prince to take a bath!"
Of course Dugu Xinyue has her own sense of proportion. If Yang Yupei is here, she will never let her husband come over, even if Yang Yupei doesn't care, but it doesn't matter if it's too small.
There is a reason for this. The wedding on the seventh day of the first lunar month is actually just to satisfy the Dugu family's face. It does not have to be held.
Dugu Taiwei is essentially a concubine. Dugu Xinyue has already drank the tea served by her sister. She lives in the palace because her identity has been established, not because she wants to be with her sister.
If it were a normal matchmaking marriage, the newlyweds would never be allowed to meet each other, and the Dugu family would never allow Taiwei to live in the palace. It was precisely because the Dugu family knew that Taiwei was a concubine that they acquiesced.
Even if Dugu Taiwei consummates her marriage with her husband tonight, there will be no problem at all.
Dugu Xinyue has another idea. She wants her sister to participate in tonight's ancestor worship, but there is still a little bit of heat. If they bathe together and are honest with each other, this is something that only couples can do, then the husband
Psychologically, I accepted Taiwei.
Not long after, Li Ye came over with a smile. He took off his bathrobe and got into the hot water. He squeezed in among several wives and concubines. He held one in each hand and asked with a smile: "How about the soap? Is it good?"
Dugu Xinyue smiled slightly and said: "The soap is very good, we all like it, but my husband didn't notice anything?"
"What did you find?"
Li Ye suddenly realized that something was wrong. There seemed to be an extra person. When he turned his head, his eyes suddenly widened. The person he was holding with his left arm lowered his head shyly, but it turned out to be too little.