area51novel Chapter 415
Chapter 415
Ten minutes later, Changsun Wuji arranged all the affairs and returned to the hall.
"Your Majesty, please sit down for a while. Liang Shu and I will wait for the distinguished guests outside the mansion to avoid being impolite."
The residences of the Dukes of the current dynasty and officials above the fifth rank in Beijing are mostly located in Chongrenfang and Shengyefang, which are only a cup of tea away.
Those who have a good relationship with each other on weekdays can enter the mansion directly without the need for servants to inform, and do not need to care about etiquette.
Today is different. The palace, your majesty's concubines and even the emperor may visit.
Therefore, Changsun Wuji naturally did not dare to neglect it.
"Your Majesty, I will go with the assistant to welcome the queen and the emperor." Fang Xuanling and others stood up and bowed to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin looked around. If they all went to the main hall, he would be left alone.
"No need, the assistant will go outside the mansion to wait." Li Shimin raised his hand to signal Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the other four to sit down.
"Yes!"
Changsun Wuji waited outside the mansion for less than half a cup of tea, and Li Jing and his wife, Li Ke and Xue Rengui arrived first.
"Brother Yao, sister-in-law!" Changsun Wuji greeted them warmly and bowed his hands.
"Hello, uncle!"
After a while, Li Ke and Xue Rengui greeted Changsun Wuji. Li Ke could not call Changsun Wuji uncle like Li Chengqian and others.
"Fuji, why is it so grand today?"
Li Jing asked with a smile. Of course, he knew that Changsun Wuji could not have come here specially to welcome him.
"Brother Yao, please listen to me carefully..."
Changsun Wuji leaned close to Li Jing's ear and told him the whole story.
Li Jing was slightly shocked, "Is there such a thing?"
Changsun Wuji told Li Jing that the emperor wanted to eat beef and came to his mansion to slaughter a cow.
"Brother Yao, sister-in-law, King Shu, Rengui, please enter the mansion first. His Majesty and several other colleagues are in the main hall now."
Changsun Wuji called a servant to invite Li Jing and his party into the mansion.
Five minutes later, a slightly luxurious carriage, escorted by attendants, stopped in front of the Changsun Mansion.
Changsun Wuji saw at a glance that it was the carriage commonly used by his sister, Empress Changsun. Then the palace maid quickly prepared the horse stool, and Empress Changsun was the first to lean out of the carriage.
"Brother!"
"Sister!"
Then, Concubine Yang, Concubine Yin, and Concubine Wei got off the carriage one after another.
"Meet the imperial concubines!" Changsun Wuji greeted them respectfully.
Concubine Yang and the others bowed slightly in return, "Duke Zhao is polite!"
"Sister, you and the three imperial concubines go into the mansion first. I still need to wait here before the emperor arrives."
Empress Changsun nodded and looked at Concubine Yang and the others, "Let's go in!"
Then, Wang Defa brought a group of imperial kitchen servants, two carriages, and two imperial servants, Liu and Cheng, to Changsun Mansion.
"We greet Duke Zhao!"
Everyone bowed respectfully to Changsun Wuji.
"Well, no need to be polite. Steward Wang, thank you for arranging today's meals." Changsun Wuji said politely.
"My lord, you are very polite!" Old Wang bowed, and then led the group into Changsun Mansion.
Another few minutes passed...
Not far away, two young men carried an old man and walked towards Changsun Mansion.
"Your Highness, Changsun Wuji welcomes the emperor!" Changsun Wuji trotted forward and bowed.
"You rascal, why don't you let me go? Can I, the old man, run away?"
Li Yuan was held by Su Chen and Li Chengqian, each holding one arm, and he was glaring all the way.
I don't know if it was because he lost more than 60 copper coins this morning, or what, he was very angry.
"Uncle Changsun, I'm right! This old man is very stubborn!"
Su Chen and Li Chengqian let go of Li Yuan.
"Su boy, don't be rude to the emperor!" Changsun Wuji criticized Su Chen in a light tone.
"Emperor, please!"
Li Yuan straightened his clothes a little, glared at Su Chen, and walked towards the gate of Changsun Mansion with his hands behind his back.
"Uncle Changsun, everyone is here!"
After Su Chen and Li Chengqian arrived at the teahouse, they kindly invited Li Yuan to eat beef. The old man actually asked Su Chen to pack it up and bring it to the teahouse, and never put down the mahjong in his hand.
In desperation, after watching Li Yuan finish three rounds of mahjong, he directly forced him over.
"I'm waiting for you, everyone else is here."
Su Chen nodded, "Where is the cow being slaughtered? I want to see it."
"You may not be able to see the slaughter of the cow. The cow has been slaughtered and is being deboned and skinned in the backyard." The cowshed of Changsun Wuji's family is not in the mansion. How can a cowshed be built casually where high-ranking officials live here?
So the cow is slaughtered in the cowshed in the east of the city, divided into two large pieces and then secretly transported to Changsun Mansion.
"Is that so! Then I'll go and see how the meat is divided and pick the good beef for grilled skewers." Su Chen thought that it was his first time eating beef in the Tang Dynasty and he had to be cautious.
It is best to use tenderloin for grilled beef skewers. The fat-rich beef is grilled well.The meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
The taste is very good!
Changsun Wuji nodded and called a servant to take Su Chen to the backyard.
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"Pharmacist, if you have time, go to the manor and take a look. That kid has formed a magic weapon camp, and the battlefield will definitely change dramatically in the future.
In the future, there will be no city that cannot be attacked and no enemy that cannot be defeated by our Tang army."
Li Shimin said to Li Jing with full confidence.
"Magic weapon camp?" Li Jing was puzzled and glanced at Li Ke and Xue Rengui.
Before, at Li Jing's house, Li Ke and Xue Rengui only mentioned that they were now responsible for training a team, and did not elaborate on other matters.
"Haha, you have seen that magic weapon!" Li Shimin smiled faintly, very satisfied with Li Jing's confused performance.
"Your Majesty's intention..." Li Jing reacted and instantly thought of explosives.
Li Shimin nodded calmly, "Yes! However, the pharmacist only knows one thing, not the other."
"Your Majesty, please show me!" Li Jing stood up and bowed.
"The pharmacist does not need to be so polite!" Then Li Shimin glanced at everyone present. Empress Changsun and the others had gone to the room to find Princess Changle, and there were no other outsiders in the main hall at this time.
The most important thing was that Su Chen was not there, which was just enough for Li Shimin to show off.
So... Li Shimin tied the explosives that Su Chen mentioned to the arrows and told everyone about this magical tactic.
After everyone was shocked, Li Shimin continued:
"Everyone might as well imagine that when the two armies are facing each other, the arrows tied with explosives are shot into the enemy camp... That scene, tut tut tut~"
Li Shimin's description was vivid, and everyone couldn't help but follow Li Shimin's guidance, and imagined in their minds the scene of the enemy being blown up by the explosives, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
"Hahaha... God bless the Tang Dynasty!"
"Our Tang soldiers will be invincible and the four barbarians will submit!"
"Your Majesty, I congratulate you!"
Li Shimin was excited when he heard the waves of praise.
He remembered Su Chen's mention of the emperor's personal expedition.
At this time, Li Shimin was even more eager to show his prowess on the Turkic battlefield and wipe out the previous shame!
"Huh? Where did that kid go?"
Li Shimin suddenly found that Su Chen and Li Chengqian were gone.
"Your Majesty, Su said he wanted to watch the slaughter of cattle after returning to the mansion. He is in the backyard now!"
Changsun Wuji reported with a smile.
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