blenderwars Chapter 207 The Exclamation Caused by the Mirror
Chapter 207 The Exclamation Caused by the Mirror
Chapter 207 The Exclamation Caused by the Mirror
After reading the presents from the princesses and son-in-laws, it will be the turn of Lin Xuan's unmarried "future son-in-laws".
"A dressing table from Houxian, Jingyang County."
"Zhao Guogong's son presents Mrs. Nanyue's hand-copied Daoist scriptures."
"The second son of Su Guogong presented a piece of red coral."
Because they are both unmarried, they cannot be called so-and-so's son-in-law.
Those who knew Mrs. Nanyue's name took a breath when they heard that Changsun Chong sent Mrs. Nanyue's handwritten scriptures.
Mrs. Nanyue, formerly known as Wei Huacun, was born in Rencheng in the Jin Dynasty, a female Taoist priest, with the style name Xian'an, also known as Zixu Yuanjun and Mrs. Wei.The first generation grand master of the Shangqing School, known as the "Erxian Grandma" by the people, is one of the four goddesses enshrined in folk beliefs and Taoism.
Coupled with the fact that Daoism is the state religion of the Tang Dynasty, in a sense, all gifts today are inferior to the Taoist scriptures copied by Mrs. Nanyue.
"Your Majesty, what is a dressing table? The name sounds like a dowry?" Concubine Yang asked curiously.
Dowry (read lian) is a mirror box used by ancient women for makeup.
The dresser sounds like it is used for dressing up, but she has never heard of the name of the dresser.
Empress Changsun shook her head and said, "I don't know either."
"Your Majesty, why don't you get someone to take a look at it?" Concubine Yang suggested.
The congratulatory gifts are all handed over to the eunuch for registration and bookkeeping, and placed in the warehouse.
Only when the eldest grandson queen is interested in a certain item will it be taken.
It's not like some novels say that they are all presented by hand.
There are dozens of princes and princesses consorts, and each of them will send congratulatory gifts with their own hands. When will they be delivered?
Of course, Empress Changsun can only let her own children present gifts with her own hands.
Because she is the master of the harem, no matter which concubine gave birth to a child, she needs to be honored as the queen mother, so she can't do this.
"Come here, bring up the dressing table of Hou Xian from Jingyang County." Empress Changsun said.
"Yes!"
Not long after, several eunuchs came in carrying something covered with a red cloth.
Empress Changsun was a little surprised, she didn't expect the dressing table that Lin Xuan gave her to be so big.
Although she hasn't seen what it is yet, if you compare heads, Lin Xuan's gift must be the best.
The eunuch carefully placed the dressing table in front of Empress Changsun.
"Report to Empress, this is the dressing table of Hou Xian in Jingyang County."
Empress Changsun nodded, stood up and lifted the red cloth that was covering her.
Empress Changsun looked up, and saw a very large mirror, in which her face appeared.
"Ah!" Empress Changsun couldn't help exclaiming, because she was too surprised to cover her mouth.
Originally, everyone's attention was on the dressing table, and the hall was a little quiet.After Empress Changsun exclaimed, the hall became even quieter.
What the hell is it that makes Empress Changsun not even caring about her image, and exclaims in this kind of situation.
However, where they sat, they could only see the back.
All I could see was a cabinet that seemed to be made of rosewood, with a round thing on it that seemed to be made of silver.
Although red sandalwood is precious, it is very common to Empress Changsun, so it should not be because of red sandalwood.
Silver is even more impossible.
For a moment, everyone in the hall became curious.
Princess Yuzhang was next to Li Lizhi, and asked curiously, "Sister, what exactly did the Marquis of Jingyang County send you?"
Li Lizhi was a little excited, but said with some resentment: "I don't know, I was worried about her before, it's not like you don't know."
Speaking of this, Li Lizhi felt a little resentful. It was in vain for her to worry about Lin Xuan. It turned out that Lin Xuan had already prepared it.
Princess Yuzhang thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Empress Changsun also came back to her senses at this time. She had seen countless treasures in her life, and it was the first time that something moved her so much.
She couldn't help but move closer to the mirror and looked carefully.
The face in the mirror is clearer, and it can be said that every detail is clearly visible.
"Sisters, come and have a look." Empress Changsun said.
Concubine Yang and the others were anxious for a long time. Hearing this, she got up and walked gracefully to Empress Changsun.
Even if it had been imagined before, this dresser must be a treasure.
But when they saw the clear faces in the mirror, these concubines couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Ah~"
"This is really a peerless treasure." Concubine Yang said enviously.
The other wives became even more curious when they heard Concubine Yang's words.
What kind of treasure is it that can cause the queen and all the concubines to exclaim.
Empress Changsun said with a smile: "This kind of thing is rare in my life, and some salutes make everyone laugh."
"Where, it must be a peerless treasure to be so appreciated by the empress. I wonder if the empress will let me see it too?" said the princess of Hejian County.
"Why not!" Empress Changsun smiled and said to the eunuch, "Be careful, turn the dressing table around and let everyone see."
The eunuchs now also know how precious this dressing table is, and they are more careful when lifting it.
In the entire hall, no matter if it was the princess or the concubine, everyone was eagerly looking forward to seeing what the empress Changsun exclaimed.
Everyone exclaimed when they saw how clearly they were reflected in the mirror.
Although the Tang Dynasty's bronze mirror can be considered clear, but it is very blurred when it is far away.
But this mirror is different. Although some of them are far away, what is reflected in the mirror is still clear.
Because of this mirror, the apse exclaimed and became a mess.
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Lin Xuan didn't know this, he was drinking wine, admiring the dancers in the palace.
This kind of banquet is actually very boring.
Because of the strict hierarchy, the people sitting next to him were all marquises, but he didn't know any of them, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to.
The most surprising thing was that Li Yuan actually came.
It's not that Li Yuan hated Li Shimin and never forgave him until his death.
Do you still often add trouble to Li Shimin?Why doesn't it look like this now?
Li Yuan hates Li Shimin, that's for sure, but it's not as serious as the legend says.
When Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks and held a celebration meeting, Li Yuan not only attended, but also praised Li Shimin, saying: "Han Gaozu was poor and could not repay him; now my son can destroy the Turks, and I entrusted them to the people, so why worry about it!"
When Li Yuan raised his troops in Taiyuan, he faced the threat of Turks.
In order to relieve his worries, Li Yuan had no choice but to pay tribute to the Turkic people.In order to express their support for Li Yuan, the Turks also sent a small number of cavalry to join the battle.The Turkic people's support for Li Yuan was not free, and the asking price was very high.After Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, he once wanted to get rid of the control of the Turks, which led to several wars.
The second year of Wude.Turkic Shibi Khan sent troops to attack Taiyuan, but died of illness on the way.It stands to reason that Li Yuan should be happy that the head of the enemy died of illness on the way to attack you, and the Tang Dynasty should be celebrated by the whole world.Although Li Yuan was happy in his heart, he didn't dare to show it at all.After Li Yuan got the news of Shibi Khan's death, he actually mourned Shibi Khan at Changle Gate.Li Yuan ordered the ministers of the Tang Dynasty to go to the embassy to express condolences to the Turkic envoys, and also gave the Turkic a huge sum of money.
The Turks wanted to fight the Tang Dynasty, but Li Yuan was so servile to Shibi Khan, what would the subjects of the Tang Dynasty think of Li Yuan?By doing this, Li Yuan suffered a huge humiliation. Li Yuan's humiliation did not bring about the Turkic people's willingness to let go.The Turks still supported Liu Wuzhou and fought a proxy war with Li Yuan.In this war, Li Yuan suffered a great loss at the beginning, even Taiyuan, the land of Longxing, was occupied by Liu Wuzhou.Li Yuan's younger brother, Li Xiaoji, was also killed in this war.Liu Wuzhou accepted the canonization of Turkic Khan, known as Dingyang Khan, and with the support of Turkic, he almost destroyed the new Tang Dynasty.In addition to Liu Wuzhou, the Turks also supported forces such as Liang Shidu, Yuan Junzhang, and Liu Heikai, and continued to harass the Tang Dynasty.Especially Liu Heitai posed a great threat to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's younger brother Li Daoxuan was beaten to death by Liu Heitai.
In the seventh year of Wude, the Turkic Jieli Khan launched a fierce attack on the Tang Dynasty. The scale of this invasion exceeded the previous scale.Frightened by the Turkic forces, Li Yuan gave up Chang'an and moved his capital to Xiangyang.Li Shimin argued hard, making Li Yuan give up the idea of moving the capital.Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to lead his troops to resist Jieli Khan, and Li Shimin repelled the Turkic attack by using countermeasures.During Li Yuan's reign, the Tang Dynasty had always adopted a policy of paying tribute to the Turks.When the Turkic people were unhappy, they attacked the border of the Tang Dynasty and plundered the people and money of the Tang Dynasty.Datang can only send money and women to Turks again and again.
Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks and captured Jieli Khan alive. Not only did he have the merits of expanding the territory, but he also avenged him and saved his face.
Li Yuan hated Li Shimin, many people thought it was because Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, even their brothers.
In fact, what Li Yuan hated even more was that Li Shimin robbed him of the throne.
There have been many examples of brotherly killing each other in history. The incident of Yang Yong and Yang Guang in the former Sui Dynasty is a lesson from the past.
These things can be seen from the fact that Li Yuan passed the throne to Li Shimin, but he was unwilling to move out of Tai Chi Palace.
Later, Li Yuan saw that Li Shimin had already taken control of the court, and there was no hope of resetting, so he moved out of Taiji Palace.
So Li Yuan didn't hate Li Shimin very much as many people thought.
He didn't forgive Li Shimin until his death, and it didn't exist at all.
Thank you for asking why Wu, Ah Jie, and Dark Demons supported the monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)