This is not the first time that Wu Huaiyu has brought someone from the palace, but this time is a little special. Although the emperor decreed that Huaiyu should be given as his concubine, he was cautious and took her to find Zhang Anan.
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Pei Yunu stood far away with his baggage in hand, his eyes still a little dazed and numb, and he seemed to be full of confusion about his future life.
Huaiyu took Zhang Anan's hand and said helplessly, "This matter?"
Zhang Anan said with a smile, "This woman's pipa skills are definitely the best in Chang'an. The women in the Jiaofang Department are not as good as her, and it is even rarer to be so young and beautiful."
"Please also ask Supervisor Zhang for guidance."
"Since His Majesty has given her a reward, just take it back with her. Why, do you still dislike her for having been married, a concubine, and a slave?"
Wu Huaiyu felt that Eunuch Zhang was a bit bad now, but he knew that was not what he was asking.
After all, this was the woman Li Shimin had personally asked for. Today, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and the others remonstrated her with humiliation, so they had to give it to their subordinates. But who knows whether Li Shimin will regret it, or even be unhappy in his heart?
Wu Huaiyu was not the kind of man who was short of women. He did not want to make the emperor dissatisfied because of this woman.
"I can place her in another house. If the saint needs her, she can go there at any time."
"Where are you thinking? Is the saint the kind of person who doesn't keep his word? What's more, since I have been rewarded as a concubine, she is your woman. What does it mean if the saint comes to you quietly?"
"She's not my woman yet." Huaiyu refused to admit it.
"Don't worry, a mere woman is nothing compared to the country, the country, and the saints and wise men. Without this Pei Yunu, there would still be Jin Yunu and Liu Yunu, and the world would be able to play the pipa and look good.
There are so many women.”
Li Shimin is a sage, so there is no need to worry about that.
If it were another emperor, such as Emperor Chen Shubao and Emperor Sui Yang, he might really have to think about it carefully.
"You don't really dislike this woman, do you? She's still young." Zhang Ananda looked at Huaiyu with a smile.
It’s hard to say that I dislike him, but I certainly don’t like him as much as the emperor.
Especially this kind of woman who is being fought over by others, no matter how good-looking she is, Huaiyu will not like her very much.
Of course, it would be different if it was just a casual romance like Foresta.
"This is just to give you a concubine, or even a very humble domestic servant, it's nothing." Although Eunuch Zhang does not marry wives, take concubines, and is not flirtatious with women, he is also called a swordsman from Shangzhu Kingdom, County
Public eunuch.
There are many types of women among the nobility, including the noble first wife, the concubine with high status and class, then the noble concubine, the good concubine, and the lowly concubine, even the slave concubine, and the inferior concubine.
, there are also servants, and under the servants there are maids and so on.
If those concubines, maids, etc. did not have children, they would be used by the nobles to entertain guests, and they would even be given away or sold at any time.
Even if Pei Yunu had to be released as a good man, but she had been a slave and became a concubine in the Wu family, she could just be a cheap concubine. Strictly speaking, she was not a woman who cherished jade.
"Your Majesty, you really don't want it anymore?"
"Just take it back."
Zhang Ananda reminded Huaiyu that the emperor still cared about his reputation, so since the Golden Palace had already given it to him, he should stop making his own decisions and take it back whether he likes it or not.
Wu Huaiyu looked at Pei Yunu, who was still standing in the distance, and asked a question seriously.
"I wonder if a saint would be lucky enough to have her in the palace?"
"What do you mean, why are you asking about this?"
Wu Huaiyu had no choice but to say, "She has only been in the palace for a few days. Even if she takes her pulse now, she can't tell anything. What if, I mean what if she is lucky enough to enter the palace and she happens to be pregnant. Wouldn't it be unclear then?"
"
Many nobles gave concubines as gifts, and some actually found out after giving them away that they were pregnant with the child of the previous owner.
Zhang Anan was stunned for a moment.
"What you said is indeed a problem. Wait for me."
Zhang Anan did not dare to be careless about matters involving the blood of the Tian family, and immediately went to the eunuch responsible for recording the matter to inquire. Although the Tang Dynasty did not have a ministerial chamber, it also had the same chamber of maids. Every woman who the emperor had the honor of, they
will be recorded in detail,
A certain year, a certain month, a certain place,
when.
how long.
It was even customary to ask the emperor about his attitude afterwards, such as whether he wanted to save seeds. Anyway, that was what they specialized in doing.
When concubines and other concubines become pregnant in the future, there will be specialized personnel who will check the files. If the time is not right, it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.
Zhang Ananda left and returned soon.
"The saint hasn't visited her yet, so you can rest assured." He still admired Huaiyu's caution. "According to my inquiries, Pei Yunu has been here for more than a year since she was rewarded to Wang Junkuo.
Even in the Wang family in Chang'an, Wang Junkuo did not favor her."
"Well, she used to be a merchant's wife and never gave birth to a child. Later, she was taken as a concubine by Li Yuan and she never gave birth to a child."
"Can't I give birth?"
"That's not necessarily the case."
"Okay, take him away and treat him well. He is also a poor person."
Zhang Ananda felt that she was quite pitiful, and even specially gave her a book of golden pages.
Leave the palace.
Pei Yunu was carrying a baggage on her back and holding a pipa in her hand, which the emperor had specially given to her before leaving the palace.
A fine pipa collected in the palace, the work of a master.
Huaiyu walked in front, and she followed behind.
One after another, keeping a few steps apart.
"Go to Dongshi for a stroll, or go home directly?"
"I want to go shopping."
She has been like a canary in a cage these years, with little opportunity to come out and walk around.
Now that I have left the palace, I am very confused for a moment. I said in the palace that I wanted to stay in Duke Yi's mansion. I don't know what I thought at that time.
She had actually heard of Wu Huaiyu's name a long time ago, mainly from his poems and paintings, as well as the scandal between him and Li Sanniang, and the story of Lady Pei's thousands-mile journey.
At that time, I subconsciously felt that he was not bad, and staying in Duke Yi's Mansion might be a way out.
Huaiyu brought over his white-hooked crow, "Can you ride a horse?"
"I know a little bit. When I was in the mansion, I would occasionally ride a donkey to play ball. I wasn't very good at riding horses."
"It's okay, I'll hold the horse for you and I'll keep an eye on you."
The black hoof white is very tall.
Pei Yunu tried several times, but failed to get on the horse directly, and his face turned red.
"Help me."
Huaiyu didn't show any pretense at all and just hugged him onto the horse. Pei Yunu's face turned even redder, even to the back of her ears. Her skin was very white and she was indeed naturally beautiful. No wonder Li Yuan didn't want to eat or drink after seeing her.
Otherwise, her husband would be unjustly killed and then robbed.
Even the emperor heard of her reputation and asked for her by name.
She is tall, plump and fair, but not fat, and feels quite heavy in her arms.
After helping her onto the horse, Huaiyu helped her hold the pipa and led the horse to visit the East Market.
It was not far from the East Palace. The two walked slowly and started chatting.
Gradually, she felt less unfamiliar, and she began to talk about her life experience.
Her life experience is quite similar to that of the pipa girl in Huaiyu's "Pipa Xing". Her family was originally a native of Chang'an, and her father was a royal official in the Chang'an Shangshu Province in the Sui Dynasty, and he was a foreigner.
Although his status was low, his family's conditions were not bad. However, his father later committed a crime and was exiled to Dunhuang, and his brothers and other men were also exiled.
She and her mother did not attend the church.
Because he had musical talent since he was a child, and was especially good at playing the pipa, he was accepted as a disciple by two famous pipa masters in the studio. By the time he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he had mastered his skills and was already famous throughout Chang'an.
Later, Yang Guang sent millions of troops to go on an expedition to Goguryeo, and her father and brothers also sent to Liaodong. The elder brother fought bravely in Liaodong and won the merit of being the first to conquer the country.
Pei Yunu, his mother and daughter also regained their freedom.
"Later, a businessman proposed to my family and gave me a large betrothal gift,"
Although Pei Yunu's brother made meritorious service in Liaodong and was awarded an official position, he was only a junior military attache. The family returned to Chang'an and gained freedom, but they were very poor.
At this time, the businessman proposed marriage and was willing to give a large sum of money as a gift, so she married the businessman. It was the thirteenth year of Daye, and she was thirteen years old. In this year, Li Yuan invaded Chang'an, made Yang You the emperor, and changed his Yuan Dynasty to Yining.
Yang Guang, who was far away in Jiangdu, became the Supreme Emperor.
After the marriage, Pei Yunu's husband had been busy with business, spending little time together and divorced frequently. He had not given birth for five years. Later, Li Yuan killed her husband and robbed her. Later, he was given to Wang Junkuo and Wu Huaiyu, and then entered the palace.
Leave the palace.
Huaiyu did the math and found out that she should be twenty-three?
She married a businessman at the age of thirteen, was robbed by Li Yuan at the age of eighteen, and was given to Wang Junkuo at the age of twenty-two. She is now twenty-three.
She looks like she is eighteen, but she is twenty-three.
Sure enough, a woman can stay young without having children.
"What about your parents and brothers?"
"Aye died during the Second Conquest of Goguryeo, and my elder brother died during the Third Conquest of Goguryeo. My younger brother is still there, but he died in Dingxiang where the Sui Empress died."
Dingxiang, to the north of the Great Wall of Datong, was originally built by Yang Jian for Qimin Khan. Later, Yang Guangjiang was killed. Empress Xiao took her grandson and others to the north with Yu Wenji. After Yu Wenji was defeated by Dou Jiande, she
fell into the hands of Dou Jiande,
But later, her sister-in-law, Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui Dynasty of Kedun in the Turks, persuaded Chuluo Khan to welcome Empress Xiao and his entourage from Dou Jiande to the outside of the Great Wall, and settled them in Dingxiang City. Many Sui officials who had fallen to the Turks were even
The common people were all arranged to Dingxiang, and Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of Yang Guang, was appointed king of the Sui Dynasty and a small court was established there.
Up to now, Empress Xiao is still there, and so is Yang Zhengdao, King of the Sui Dynasty. Of course, everyone knows that he is just a puppet in exile in the court.
Today's Empress Xiao should be in her fifties.
Pei Yunu's younger brother was elected to Xiaoguo because of his contribution to the Liao Dynasty, and is currently working behind Xiao Xiao in Dingxiang.
"You still have contact?"
"Occasionally I receive one or two letters from his entrustment, but I don't know if we will see him again in this life."
Now, Pei Yunu's only remaining relative is his younger brother.
"We will meet again, and it will be soon." Wu Huaiyu comforted her like this. Historically, in the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks and captured the exiled Sui court in Dingxiang, and brought Empress Xiao and the others back.
To Chang'an.
Later, there were unofficial rumors that Li Shimin, who was thirty years old, actually had a love affair with Empress Xiao who was in her fifties. It was just nonsense. After all, not to mention how beautiful she was in her fifties, Empress Xiao was still Li Shimin.
’s cousin.
She was very sad talking about this. Fortunately, the best way to make a woman happy is to go shopping. It was the same in the Tang Dynasty.
The horse was stored at Qianjintang in Dongshi. Huaiyu specially changed it to a docile donkey for her to ride, and led her around the various cities in Dongshi.
Eat, eat, buy, buy along the way.
Sure enough, she soon became much happier and immersed herself in shopping, trying things out and buying. Huaiyu was responsible for referring to the reviews and paying.
Clothes, jewelry, various cosmetics, her favorite musical instruments, and even some music scores, etc.
Fortunately, Huaiyu specially called two guys from Qianjintang to help pick up the things, otherwise he wouldn't be able to carry so much.
After shopping around for almost two hours, the closing drum of the East Market had already sounded, and the two of them returned home with a full load.
