Chapter 229 The Little Elephant Acts Like a Coquettish Person (asking for monthly tickets)
Considering that Pei Xueqing was not feeling well, Li Xiang chose not to fight today.
It's just that youth is full of energy after all, and Li Xiang is also a fan of lamb intestines. It's hard for him to control himself when hugging such a beautiful and lively woman.
Although Pei Xueqing was a dignified and reserved girl from a noble family, she was still madly in love with Li Xiaoxiang, so she used another method to help Li Xiang.
The wedding is not officially over until the ancestor worship ceremony on the third day.
Three days after the wedding, the bride will perform the ceremony of visiting the temple and pay homage to the gods of her ancestors, indicating that she is now a member of the family. On this day, the bride will also cook in person to indicate that she is ready to make soup.
But isn’t the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty the Taimiao?
So I still have to go to the Taimiao and report to Li Yuan.
This morning's breakfast was good. Li Xiang held a bowl of soy milk and drank it happily.
When he turned his head, he saw Pei Xueqing also drinking, so he grinned wickedly and whispered a few words into Pei Xueqing's ear.
Hearing Li Xiaoxiang's words, Pei Xueqing's face instantly turned red, but she still maintained her dignified demeanor.
After a while, she leaned close to Li Xiang's ear and whispered, "This doesn't hurt your voice."
Li Xiang: …
My wife drives faster than me?
This time when they went to the Taimiao, not only Li Shimin and Li Chengqian and his wife went with them, but also Li Tai and Li Zhi.
Seeing the newlywed Li Xiang, the two brothers winked at each other and asked in unison whether Li Xiang wanted to eat lamb intestines.
"How did Xiang'er end up with two of you frivolous uncles!" Li Chengqian said with a frown.
"Yes, we are not serious. No matter how not serious we are, we have not taken the wrong road." Li Tai said sarcastically.
After hearing this, Li Chengqian suddenly became withdrawn.
It's a dark history that can't be washed away.
Pei Xueqing approached Li Xiang inconspicuously and asked softly, "What did the King of Wei just say?"
"Call me Second Uncle." Li Xiang first set the tone, and then said: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. This is not something a good and obedient child should ask about."
"Hmm." Pei Xueqing nodded, and understood in his heart that it might be some incredible gossip.
Forget it, I won’t ask.
Li Zhi looked at Li Tai with some envy, as he couldn't muster up the courage to fight with his elder brother.
There was no other reason. After all, Li Chengqian was a hot-tempered elder brother, and the shadow he cast on him was too severe.
After arriving at the Taimiao, Li Xiang and Pei Xueqing walked to Li Yuan's tablet and knelt down.
"Just kowtow twice as a token of your appreciation." Li Shimin stood at the side and spoke in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew in from the door and blew Li Yuan's tablet onto the table with a thud.
Li Shimin took a deep breath, walked forward and lifted up Li Yuan's tablet.
Li Xiang whispered in Pei Xueqing's ear: "Just give it a gentle touch, don't hurt your forehead."
Pei Xueqing accepted Li Xiang's suggestion and just gave it a few words.
"You see, the old man has no objection." Li Xiang whispered to Pei Xueqing.
In fact, he didn't have much impression of Li Yuan. Generally speaking, it was not that he traveled through time, but more like he awakened strange memories.
Li Yuan occasionally had people take him to Da'an Palace, which showed that he had some affection for the emperor, and that was why he kowtowed sincerely.
Otherwise, he would have to give it some thought.
"Since the sacrifice has been made to the Taimiao, sister will be a member of my Li family from now on." Li Xiang helped Pei Xueqing up with a smile.
Li Shimin snorted at the side: "You're already married, but you're still calling me sister?"
"Uncle, why do you still care about the relationship between us two young couples?" Li Xiang turned his head and asked soul-searchingly.
Li Shimin choked and thought, forget it.
This rebellious grandson always has something to say to him.
But then again, a couple can call each other whatever they like, just like Guanyinbi, didn’t she call me second brother?
The lunch that day was made by Pei Xueqing herself, which meant washing her hands and making soup.
Traditions should never be lost.
Pei Xueqing's craftsmanship is pretty good, at least Li Xiang likes it very much.
"I am so happy that you can marry a woman as virtuous as Xueqing." Li Shimin scooped the bowl of Tremella and lotus seeds soup with a spoon and immediately recognized the status of his granddaughter-in-law.
Li Xiang specifically asked Pei Xueqing to make this Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup.
"I'm very happy too." Li Xiang said with gritted teeth.
"I'm afraid that some people only see the new people laughing, but not the old people crying." Li Shimin pounded the spoon in the bowl, making a clinking sound.
Li Xiang: …
"How could that be, Aung? I'm not..."
Having said this, Li Xiang suddenly shut his mouth.
The example he wanted to cite was Li Longji.
Ah, Li Zhi doesn’t count. No one knows what his relationship with Queen Wang was like in history, but Li Longji is really…
When Wu Zetian imprisoned his family, their lives were not very difficult, but at least not very good. On Li Longji's birthday, there was not even any noodles at home. It was Wang Ling's father, Wang Renjiao, who exchanged his new clothes for a few bags of noodles to make soup noodles for him.
Later, Queen Wang had been married for many years but still had no children. At that time, Concubine Wu Huifei was very favored, so she wanted to replicate the story of Wu Zetian.
Queen Wang was naturally a little frightened. This favorite concubine named Wu had set her sights on Queen Wang. In this situation, not only had I lost, I couldn't even turn the tables.
Concubine Wu Huifei wanted to unite others to slander Queen Wang, but because Queen Wang had always been kind to her subordinates, no one was willing to say bad things about her.
Under the influence of pillow talk day after day, Li Sanlang also wanted to depose the queen, so he told Jiang Jiao about this matter, but Jiang Jiao told others about it.
Wang Ling lost Li Longji's favor and was in fear of being deposed at any time, so she cried and asked Li Longji: "Your Majesty, don't you care that A Zhong took off his purple half-sleeve to exchange for noodles for birthday soup?"
A Zhong is Wang Renjiao’s nickname.
Li Longji was also moved by what he heard, so he temporarily gave up his plan to depose the queen.
This is the famous story of "taking off half of his arm to share the soup and noodles, and cryingly asking Sanlang to think of A Zhong".
Old Li naturally didn't know about this, otherwise the Pure Love God of War would have beaten Li Longji's brains out of his wits and kicked his dragon robe to pieces.
Unfortunately, in this timeline, there was no brother-in-law named Li Qing to take him to beat up Li Laosan.
He thought that Li Xiang could not name the emperor of the previous dynasty, so he reminded him, "Are you trying to mention Emperor Wu of Han?"
"Oh, yes, yes, that's right, that boy." Li Xiang said quickly, "Don't worry, grandson is definitely not that kind of heartless old bastard."
At that time, "Qin Shi Huang" and "Han Wu" were not yet positive terms, so the first person that Lao Li thought of was Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che.
What's more, it is a fact that Emperor Wu of Han had outstanding achievements, and it is also an indisputable fact that he was mean and ungrateful to his two queens.
Who would have thought that Li Shimin suddenly began to reflect on himself. "If it weren't for Xiang'er's advice to me, I would have repeated the fate of Emperor Wu of Han..."
As he spoke, he cast a meaningful look at Li Chengqian.
Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian immediately stepped aside from the table, knelt down and said, "Then my father is not Emperor Wu of Han, and I am not Crown Prince Li. This is all due to my father's wisdom."
"You, please stop flattering me." Li Shimin sighed, "But now our family is harmonious. After a hundred years, I and your mother will be able to give an explanation."
At this time, he was also feeling emotional in his heart.
If Aye had a saintly grandson like Xiang'er, would he and his elder brother not have had to reach that point?
Then he rejected this idea. What a joke! Otherwise, what reason would there be to kill that bastard Sanhu?
It can be said that Li Yuanji is definitely a good medicine. Every time Li Shimin was trapped in the guilt of shooting his elder brother, he would always come out in time to heal Li's mental exhaustion.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Shimin wiped his face and said with a smile: "Tomorrow Xiang'er will marry another daughter of the Feng family. Tell me, are you happy or not?"
"That's all." Li Xiang slurped his soup noodle with some boredom: "Who cares if she's Feng Yingying or Feng Baobao, she's not as good as my sister."
"Wow, I didn't realize that Xiang'er is such a loyal and righteous person." Li Shimin nodded approvingly.
"Of course not. Don't you see whose grandson I am?" Li Xiang patted his chest and praised Old Li as well.
"Hahahahahahaha..." Li Shimin smiled with great relief when he heard this.
This great grandson is truly my own grandson!
The entrance of the concubine was much simpler, and Li Xiang didn't care about that. Anyway, he would just let Sister Baoer in through the side door tomorrow, and he didn't even need to go in person.
The bigger problem waiting for him is how to convince Pei Xueqing to join him.
That night, Li Xiang officially handed over the power of Wude Hall to Pei Xueqing.
"It's said that men are responsible for the outside affairs and women are responsible for the inside affairs." Li Xiang cleared his throat: "Grandfather set the rules. I have the final say in our family affairs, and you have the final say in our daily life."
"Besides, what's the inside and the outside? Let's discuss it together." Li Xiang said again.
"Well, I have to listen to Dalang too." Pei Xueqing said with a faint smile.
"Really?" Li Xiang suddenly became excited. He was just worrying about how to start.
"Of course." Pei Xueqing nodded.
"Then let's make a rule first." Li Xiang cleared his throat again: "Let's discuss whether we can stop calling me Da Lang in the future..."
"Well, what do you call me?" Pei Xueqing's eyes were full of spring water.
Li Xiang did not rush to answer, but told her the story of "Da Lang, it's time to take medicine."
"As long as you're not called Dalang, anything else is fine," said Li Xiang.
"Hmm..." Pei Xueqing thought about it, and suddenly thought of the deep love that day. She subconsciously called out "Xiang'er" twice, and her face turned red all of a sudden.
Seeing Pei Xueqing blushing, Li Xiang also remembered.
This is really impressive...
Li Xiang couldn't help but pull Pei Xueqing to recall what happened the day before yesterday when he recalled this.
After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Pei Xueqing snuggled up to the bed, her slender white fingers circling around Li Xiang's chin, and asked in a sweet voice: "Xiang'er, I saw you earlier, it seemed like you had something to say?"
"Yes." Li Xiang came forward with a smile and carefully told Pei Xueqing his plan.
Who would have thought that after hearing this, Pei Xueqing immediately raised objections.
"No, no." She shook her head and said, "How can we be together? This is not possible..."
"Oh, dear sister..." Li Xiang leaned into Pei Xueqing's arms and began to act coquettishly: "Please——"
"No!" Although Pei Xueqing was still refusing, he softened a little after all.
After all, the baby elephant's coquettish behavior is so irresistible, it's so cute!
"Think about it, Sister Baoer doesn't know anything, so she needs someone to help her." Li Xiang's words were gentle and persuasive: "Besides, she is far away from home and has no relatives in Chang'an. You are her good sister, so it would be good for you to accompany her."
"This..." Pei Xueqing bit her lips lightly, turning her rosy lips pale.
Seeing that there was only one step left to make Pei Xueqing agree, Li Xiang rubbed his face against her again and said in a long voice: "Good sister, just agree to me this time..."
"Alas, there's really nothing I can do about you." Pei Xueqing reached out and rubbed Li Xiang's head: "Just this once."
"Just this once!" Li Xiang said quickly.
At the same time, I was thinking, let’s talk about the future later, I don’t believe you can resist my little elephant-like way of acting cute!
Silent all night.
The next afternoon, Feng Yingying also entered the Wude Hall.
In fact, in terms of age, Feng Yingying is half a month older than Pei Xueqing.
But since Pei Xueqing was the legal wife, Feng Yingying could only call her sister.
Feng Yingying had realized this as early as the first time she met Pei Xueqing.
Of course, it was Feng Qing who told her this, so she always called Pei Xueqing "sister", and now she has become accustomed to it.
"Sister Pei." Feng Yingying entered the house differently from Pei Xueqing. She had to kowtow to the eldest lady first.
As for other etiquette, they were all skipped, and the only thing left to do was to recognize the elders on the next day.
Feng Yingying was also honest. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Pei Xueqing walked forward, helped Feng Yingying up, and said angrily: "Why do you have to act like this between sisters?"
"Hehe, I knew Sister Pei wouldn't make things difficult for me." Feng Yingying said with a smile.
"Look at you..." Pei Xueqing also laughed and said to Li Xiang: "Brother, let Fubao serve the meal first. Baoer must be hungry after working outside all day."
This was the name Li Xiang decided with her last night, and he would call her that in normal times.
As for the special time period...
Anyway, Li Xiang enjoyed the pleasure of being called "brother" by his elder sister yesterday.
"Yes, yes, serve the food. I'm starving." Feng Yingying nodded hurriedly.
Li Xiang called Fubao over and asked him to bring in the prepared dinner.
The Wude Hall is now the Crown Prince's Mansion, but although it is small, it has all the necessary facilities. In the southwest corner of the Wude Hall, Li Xiang set up a kitchen.
You can't just ask the Imperial Palace or the Eastern Palace about meals, that would be too bad.
It can be seen that Feng Yingying was really hungry. She didn't care about her image at all and ate very freely.
Pei Xueqing suddenly understood why Li Xiang insisted on dragging her along.
She was beginning to worry. Bao Er looked skinny, would he...
Things turned out just as she expected. After taking a shower and changing her clothes, Feng Yingying saw Pei Xueqing sitting beside the bed and suddenly asked, "Sister Pei, why don't you leave?"
After hearing this, Li Xiang reached out and slapped himself in the face.
(End of this chapter)