Although the Yingying and Yanyan in Li Shimin's "harem group" each have their own merits and are not ordinary women, they are not as good as Zheng Guanyin.
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Zheng Guanyin's appearance, temperament, figure, knowledge and other aspects are all outstanding.
With how lustful Li Shimin is, it would be strange if he didn't miss him.
So what about the sister-in-law, what about other people's wives, maybe Li Shimin will find it more exciting.
"Mother!"
While Li Yuanji was frantically arranging Li Shimin's ideas in his mind, Li Chengqian burst into the room with a rush of heat, and shouted excitedly to his eldest grandson.
Everyone in the room was silent.
The Yang family, the Yan family, the Wang family, the Yin family, etc. looked at Li Chengqian with a little more disbelief, and then subconsciously looked at their eldest grandson.
The smile on Changsun's face obviously froze, but he quickly recovered and waved to Li Chengqian with a smile.
Although the change in Changsun's expression only lasted for a moment, Li Chengqian still noticed it.
Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat. He quickly straightened his clothes, wiped off the sweat on his forehead, put on a straight face, and walked to the eldest grandson in a polite manner. He bowed to the eldest grandson with a trembling heart, and then bowed to the big and small Yang family respectively.
Wait for someone to salute.
Finally, he saluted Li Yuanji with a twisted face.
Li Yuanji wanted to laugh, but he held back because he could see what Li Chengqian was thinking.
Li Chengqian must have felt very uneasy and depressed.
He was depressed that no one told him in advance that his mother-in-law had arrived.
After Li Chengqian finished the ceremony, the eldest grandson called Li Chengqian to his side. While wiping the sweat from Li Chengqian's forehead, he smiled and praised Li Yuanji, "It is the fourth brother who knows how to educate the child. This child has only been in the fourth brother's house for a few days."
, it’s a lot stronger.”
Strong is indeed strong.
I play wildly with Li Ling and the others all day long, and when I get tired of playing, I eat and drink, how can I not be strong?
Li Yuanji saw his eldest grandson duplicitously praising himself, and couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha...sister-in-law is joking, what kind of child can I educate? I just have a lot of rice, and Chengqian loves to eat, so I opened up."
Let him eat, so he grows strong."
The eldest grandson nodded with a smile and said: "The rice and grain in the fourth brother's house really support people."
Li Yuanji laughed, said a few more words to his eldest grandson, and then asked Li Chengqian to continue playing.
Li Chengqian did not dare to move.
Changsun looked at Li Chengqian's toes, which obviously moved a little farther when Li Yuanji asked him to go out to play.
Changsun tried hard to control his emotions and said to Li Chengqian in a gentle tone: "Let's go out and play..."
Li Chengqian instantly beamed with joy, unable to hide his inner emotions.
When he saw his eldest grandson staring at him with a smile, he immediately stopped smiling, sat up like a good boy, and kept telling his eldest grandson that he didn't like to play, he liked to read, and he hoped that his mother-in-law would teach him to read and write.
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Li Chengqian had tried his best to disguise himself, but he still wasn't good enough in front of his eldest grandson.
The eldest grandson could tell at a glance that the good boy she once taught had become wild, but she couldn't teach Li Chengqian again in front of Li Yuanji.
Li Chengqian and his wife were forced to go to Jiulongtan Mountain and be educated by Li Yuanji.
Even if Li Yuanji didn't teach well or even didn't teach, she couldn't express any dissatisfaction with this matter face to face.
Because Li Yuanji was very likely to have an attack, she was asked to take Li Chengqian back.
Her husband had a big purpose in sending Li Chengqian this time, and she did not want to ruin her husband's plan.
"Your uncle Wang asked you to go play, so go ahead and play. Remember to take more care of your brothers and sisters."
Changsun stroked Li Chengqian's head, smiled softly, and spoke softly.
Li Chengqian could feel that his mother was not telling him lies, so he hesitated a little and said, "I will go and play with my brothers and sisters for a while, and keep an eye on them to prevent them from bumping into each other."
Although the excuse was a bit childish, the thoughts were all written on his face.
But the eldest grandson still nodded happily and said, "My mother is very pleased that you can care about the safety of my younger brothers and sisters."
With that said, he took the initiative to push Li Chengqian and let him go out to play.
Li Chengqian had a bright smile on his face.
He felt that his mother was really praising him, so he was very happy.
After saluting everyone in the room again, he quickly exited the room.
The eldest grandson winked without leaving any trace at the female officer who was guarding the door and observing her face.
The female officer understood and left the door quietly.
Li Yuanji held the tea cup and saw everything, but said nothing.
I like to use the sheep-herding method to educate my children. If you are not satisfied, you can take your children away.
Never force it.
"Sister, sister-in-law came here today, firstly to see you and your fourth brother, and secondly to invite you to the palace to accompany my sister-in-law to perform the Nuo opera in the twelfth lunar month."
After the eldest grandson accompanied Yang Miaoyan and talked for a long time, he finally explained his purpose of coming.
Nuo opera, also called Nuo dance, is the earliest and oldest sacrificial dance performed by the Han people to worship gods, dance ghosts, and ward off plagues.
It is also the earliest and most primitive drama of the Han people.
It is also the most solemn way of offering sacrifices.
In the twelfth lunar month of every year, a grand Nuo opera ceremony will be held in the palace.
There were as many as a thousand people participating in the sacrifice, and the audience included all the civil and military officials in Chang'an City.
The chief priest was the most noble person in the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan.
When Yang Miaoyan heard that her eldest grandson was going to invite her to perform the Nuo opera in the twelfth lunar month, her face became serious at a speed visible to the naked eye. This shows how important Nuo opera sacrifices were in the hearts of the Tang people.
Yang Miaoyan asked, "Sister-in-law, wasn't the eldest sister-in-law in charge of this matter in the past years?"
Changsun Rao glanced at Li Yuanji meaningfully, smiled bitterly and said to Yang Miaoyan: "It was true in previous years, but I don't know what happened this year. Father insists on you and me taking care of it."
Yang Miaoyan couldn't help but said: "But I didn't receive my father's order."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Changsun patted Yang Miaoyan's hand and said, "I've told you now, don't you know?"
Yang Miaoyan instantly became dumbfounded.
Li Yuanji could understand that Changsun and Yang Miaoyan were smiling bitterly, while the other was dumbfounded.
According to his understanding, Nuo opera sacrifices are different from ordinary sacrifices. It is not as simple as standing in front of the Ancestral Temple, everyone returning to their place, and listening to the sacrifices of ancestors, or God and Jiuyou.
Nuo opera sacrifices need to be performed. It is a kind of sacrifice in which thousands of people wear faces, commonly known as masks, sing and dance, and show them to the ghosts and gods from all directions, as well as the heaven.
The repertoire is very long and must be complete, with a beginning and an end. It must please the ghosts and gods from all directions and the Nine Netherworlds in the heavens, and it must be thoroughly enjoyed, and it must not bring any disaster in the coming year.
Therefore, Nuo opera sacrifices are very long, and one sacrifice often lasts for two or three hours.
In order to avoid mistakes and to satisfy the ghosts and gods from all directions and the Nine Netherworlds of Heaven, Nuo opera sacrifices require a lot of manpower, material resources, time and energy to be rehearsed.
Although Li Yuan is the officiant, he only needs to show his face at the real time.
But as managers, Changsun and Yang Miaoyan have to show up every day and work hard.
So Changsun had a wry smile on his face, and Yang Miaoyan couldn't laugh or cry.
Li Yuanji tried hard to recall the memories of Nuo opera sacrifices in his mind, and found that Nuo opera is very much a combination of drama, dance, ancient music, and classical dance.
In other words, drama, dance, and some ancient music and classical dance evolved from Nuo opera.
In drama, there is a theory of Sheng Dan, Jing Mo Chou, and in Nuo opera, there are also a theory of Wei, Jing, Sheng, Dan, Chou, Wai, Tie Dan and Xiao Sheng.
There is obviously an inevitable connection between the two.
However, drama and dancing skills always make Li Yuanji feel a little inconsistent.
Li Yuanji felt that he should be the only one in the Tang Dynasty who felt this sense of disobedience.
After all, he first learned about drama and dancing, and then learned about Nuo opera.
The people of the Tang Dynasty only knew about Nuo opera, but they didn’t know about drama and dance.
Especially the masters of dancing have been ruined in later generations.
When it comes to dancing, people always feel ignorant.
It is precisely because of the blessing of this feeling that Li Yuanji feels that Nuo opera is full of violation no matter how he watches it.
But he couldn't say this kind of thing, and he couldn't even share it with others in private.
Because at this time, what is important is the important affairs of the country, which are sacrificed to the army.
Sacrifice and war have a very high status in people's hearts, and there is no room for criticism.
Li Yuanji was sure that if he dared to tell his true thoughts about Nuo opera, once it was spread, someone would stand up and point his nose at him and call him a barbarian and a bastard.
Even if he is going to die, he will not hesitate.
In this era, fighting against the royal family is a spirit of not fearing power, especially when fighting against a royal family like the Li family, which has its own flaws, people can be fearless.
"Sister-in-law, you shouldn't have told me."
Yang Miaoyan said with a wry smile.
Yang Miaoyan understands Nuo opera and sacrifices, and can barely manage it, but she doesn't want to get involved in such things.
Although the mother-in-law has passed away, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are still there.
This kind of thing should never have happened to her.
The eldest grandson winked at Yang Miaoyan and said, "This is my father's intention, not mine."
Seeing that Yang Miaoyan smiled bitterly and did not answer, the eldest grandson said again: "Father's fate is difficult, and neither you nor I can refuse."
Yang Miaoyan smiled bitterly and nodded.
The father's fate is indeed difficult, not to mention that the father's fate also carries the king's fate.
"Then you just pack up and follow your sister-in-law to the palace."
Seeing that Yang Miaoyan agreed, the eldest grandson prepared to take Yang Miaoyan back to the palace.
After saying this, he looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Will the fourth brother continue to play Fang Xiangshi this year?"
Fang Xiangshi is a god commonly believed by ancient people, who is responsible for driving away epidemics and warding off evil spirits.
In the Nuo opera sacrifices of the Tang Dynasty, there were four members of the Fang Xiang clan, each leading twelve Huangmen disciples, a mythical beast, and one hundred and twenty retinues.
My predecessor played the role of Fang Xiangshi twice, so the eldest grandson asked this question.
But Li Yuanji was obviously indifferent to this kind of thing and refused without hesitation.
Changsun asked Li Yuanji if he had chosen another position.
Li Yuanji decisively said that he had a brain disease, and the doctor said that he was not suitable to sing and dance outside in the cold wind, so he stopped participating.
