After staying at home for a few days, Xue Chongxun had to serve the wives and concubines at home every day and didn't even leave a few close servants. Even though he was strong and helpless, he was not as good as the enemy, he obviously felt that his physical strength had declined, and he was even more afraid of the cold, he had to wear a pair of fur collars every time he went out to feel warm. Thinking about the temperature there was even lower when he was in Longyou and it was not as timid as it is now.
Fortunately, it was time to go to Huaqing Palace to meet Princess Taiping. The above statement was ready, so Xue Chongxun decided to set off in the next two days.
Huaqing Palace is located on the northern foot of Mount Li, about fifty or sixty miles away from Chang'an, and is adjacent to Mount Li in the south and the Wei River in the north. Emperors of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang and other dynasties all regarded this Feng Shui treasure land as the official garden where they visited and enjoyed, or built stones to build Lishan Tang or built Luocheng Zhou for fun.
In the Han Dynasty, it was called Tangquan Palace and its reputation was relatively high; in the Tang Dynasty, it was called Huaqingchi, and after Princess Taiping built a large-scale construction and expanded it, it is now renamed Huaqing Palace.
It was already late in the twelfth lunar month when Xue Chongxun set off from Chang'an to travel west. It was the middle of winter, and his itinerary was escorted by soldiers from the Flying Tiger Regiment.
Because the safety of the Gyeonggi area is not a big problem, after Princess Taiping went to Huaqing Palace, there were also Yulin soldiers stationed nearby.
The most famous reason for the Huaqing Palace in history is actually the story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei. In history, during Li Longji's reign, he visited Huaqing Palace for thirty-six times. He stayed here almost every winter until the spring of the following year. At the same time, the many love stories that happened with Yang Guifei here made this palace famous.
"Song of Everlasting Sorrow" In the spring cold, the hot spring water is used to wash the grease.The servant was helping him up with his weak power, and he was the first time he had received his new kindness.There are also many pear gardens that create colorful dresses and feathered clothes, and so on.
When Xue Chongxun thought of this on the way, he had a very strange feeling, because Li Longji finished playing before he could hold the throne. Naturally, those so-called love stories no longer existed, and Huaqing Palace was not what they looked like in the story...
Because this expansion was made by Princess Taiping and no longer the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in history, then there will be a big difference in style and structure, and there will be no more pear gardens, nor will there be no more imperial concubine soup.
However, Xue Chongxun had never been to Huaqing Palace and had never traveled there in later generations. It doesn't matter whether it looks like history.
In his memory, Huaqing Palace will always be what it sees this time.
There is still heavy snow on the road outside the city. Since the first snowfall in Guanzhong, it has been underground intermittently, either heavy or light or sunny for a day and a half, but the white snow on the ground has never disappeared.
Xue Chongxun's team left the city from Chang'an early in the morning. The guards were all cavalry Flying Tiger Regiment and there was no need to bring any supplies. They arrived in a day without any rush and arrived in Huaqing Palace at night.
From a distance, there is a vast white and undulating mountain, which should be the legendary Mount Li. Historical books record that there was once a huge building complex at this location, which is a grand project comparable to the Great Wall.
However, now Afang Palace has long been unable to see even a shadow, and the Huaqing Palace exists at the foot of the mountain.
It looks very small against the backdrop of Mount Li, so naturally it cannot be compared with the Afang Palace, which is as huge as the Great Wall.
But when I got closer, I saw the pavilions and towers in the palace were still very gorgeous and beautiful, which was not comparable to the size of an ordinary manor.
When I entered the palace gate, I saw a wide lake, which had frozen.
There is also a spacious marble road bridge on the lake. At the end of the bridge is a second-story palace with a very upright shape.
At this time, a group of officials welcomed him out. They would arrange Xue Chongxun's entourage according to the rules and regulations here. Xue Chongxun didn't have to worry about anything, just let the officials arrange it.
Walking to such a bold bridge, it is like walking on the road in front of Hanyuan Hall. It is easy to see that the bricks and stones on the bridge deck are still new. It is obviously just built according to Princess Taiping's wishes when it was newly expanded. Xue Chongxun thought that this is very consistent with Princess Taiping's style.
At this moment, Xue Chongxun suddenly felt that this place was very magical. Looking at the foot of Mount Li, there were no densely populated markets or places around the foot of Mount Li, it gave people the feeling of a wilderness forest.
But in such a wilderness, there is a palace where military officials and palace ladies live, as well as many common singers...
In his intuition, perhaps influenced by TV series such as the previous life, the sudden appearance of bustling lights in the wilderness was mostly ghostly hallucinations.
Now Xue Chongxun has this feeling, as if when he was in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, everything in front of him was an illusion.However, reason tells him that his intuition is obviously wrong, and there is a Huaqing Palace in this world.
After walking together, everyone walked across the lake and came to the front of a brightly lit palace. The tiles and tiles are all new, and the scale is naturally not as large as the Hanyuan Hall and Xuanzheng Hall in the Daming Palace, and it is just the same as the Fengman Tower in Xue Chongxun’s mansion.
An official next to him said: The newly built Furong Hall was named after His Highness, because the water lake outside was renamed Furong Lake, and there will be many lotus flowers in summer.Many places here have been built, and I am afraid that the prince will not know the road for a while, so if he wants to visit tomorrow, he has to ask someone to accompany him.
The officials didn't know that it was Xue Chongxun's first time because they thought he might have been here before as a royal relative.
Xue Chongxun didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
The official bowed again and said, Your Highness knows that the prince has arrived tonight and has already set up a dinner in Furong Hall. Please, please.
When I entered the main hall, I saw the magnificent curtains and curtains, the lamp holder was bright, the hollow copper tripods and cigarettes were few, the walls and brick and wood floors were brand new, and the cranes and stone carvings and embroidered screens were decorated.
Groups of palace maids were wearing long skirts, standing on the ground or holding various utensils. The warm and popular here was very popular, and they followed the Daming Palace when they walked in.
Xue Chongxun walked inside for a while and saw a wooden platform in front of him that was the same as in the palace hall. On the spacious throne behind him was the beautiful and domineering Princess Taiping. Her pomp was like an emperor, and behind her was a wide screen with mountains and rivers. The two palace maids were holding big fans, and there were eunuchs standing respectfully standing at any time to listen to the orders.
There were some officials and literati sitting in the seats under the wooden stage, dressed very carefully. Those who could attend Princess Taiping’s banquet were obviously talented people who could speak up poetry and songs. Perhaps there were a few famous people who were very famous in the local area...
Anyway, Xue Chongxun didn't know anyone, because the minister who actually operated the government was not here in Chang'an.
Everyone in the seat stood up and held his fists to Xue Chongxun as a tribute. Xue Chongxun also bowed and looked at him, and went straight to His Highness to kneel down and bow to him, "My son, please bow to your mother."
The heroes of our Tang Dynasty are back.Princess Taiping looked around and smiled, "Get up quickly, come here to see if my mother has lost weight. Helong is a bitter and cold place.
All the officials flattered and congratulated Xue Chongxun on his victory. Xue Chongxun was tired of hearing those nonsense when he returned to Chang'an.
When he was about to get up, he felt a slight pain in his right knee. It was probably because the old injury was not completely cured. He thought about it and showed the pain even more exaggeratedly. He frowned and supported the floor with his hands and tried hard, but he didn't get up.
Sure enough, Princess Taiping asked with concern: What's wrong with you, Chongxun?
It's okay... Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth and said, "There was a little injury on his leg that was not healed. It hurts when he kneels down. A few days ago, I was rude when I saw the emperor and didn't kneel down, which made the censor impeach me for being arrogant... I could stand up after a break.
Princess Taiping owed: You see that the emperor doesn’t kneel down, why bother here without outsiders?Someone came, hurry up and help my Chongxun up.
The two eunuchs hurriedly walked down and helped Xue Chongxun up. At this time, they heard Princess Taiping say: Come by my side, I think of you coming back every day.
So the eunuchs helped Xue Chongxun to the wooden platform, and he pushed him and said: I can leave by myself.
At this time, another eunuch brought a round waist stool and placed it next to the table in front of Princess Taiping. The eunuch also specially flatteredly put a pair of soft seat cushions.
After a while, the musicians on both sides played the song, and then some singers with wide-sleeved long skirts walked up to the wooden platform and danced to the music.
The guests picked up their wine glasses to toast Princess Taiping and her son from afar, and the hall soon became lively.
Princess Taiping smiled and said: Did you write that poem, or did it write that poem by Wang Changling or Zhang Jiuling?
It seems that Princess Taiping has always been concerned about the talents around Xue Chongxun. Wang Changling and Zhang Jiuling and other figures have a very famous reputation in history, but at this time they were still young and had not yet reached the position of prime minister, and they did not do any famous things, so their fame was not very good. Princess Taiping was able to say their names casually because those people were Xue Chongxun's aides.
Xue Chongxun said seriously: I wrote that Erling only wrote frontier poems in Helong.The song I gave to my mother was filled in with emotion, which made me laugh.
Princess Taiping said: How can you make a laugh? The well-educated ministers in the court said that they wrote very well, but I don’t think you are a little literary.
The writing should not be very good, mainly because the emotions expressed in poetry are very real.
Xue Chongxun looked in Princess Taiping's eyes, and his eyes reflected light, looking very sincere.
Sometimes a word that is not easy to take seriously can make people very real as long as they match their expressions and eyes, so that people can believe it for no reason, because it is difficult for people to deceive people, and Xue Chongxun was very sincere when he said this.
He paused and said: At that time, he was fighting against 500,000 Tubo people in Wuhai, and our army had only 68,000 people. I was really unsure and kept muttering about my mother. I was very magical and I was not afraid at all.
Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: You kid will make your mother happy, and it speaks as mysterious as the old Taoist preaches.
Xue Chongxun said: I'm really not lying to you, otherwise it would be fine...
Princess Taiping immediately interrupted him with a shout: Speaking in front of me, why are you cursing and swearing? I'm not afraid that others will laugh at you!
Fortunately, it was time to go to Huaqing Palace to meet Princess Taiping. The above statement was ready, so Xue Chongxun decided to set off in the next two days.
Huaqing Palace is located on the northern foot of Mount Li, about fifty or sixty miles away from Chang'an, and is adjacent to Mount Li in the south and the Wei River in the north. Emperors of Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang and other dynasties all regarded this Feng Shui treasure land as the official garden where they visited and enjoyed, or built stones to build Lishan Tang or built Luocheng Zhou for fun.
In the Han Dynasty, it was called Tangquan Palace and its reputation was relatively high; in the Tang Dynasty, it was called Huaqingchi, and after Princess Taiping built a large-scale construction and expanded it, it is now renamed Huaqing Palace.
It was already late in the twelfth lunar month when Xue Chongxun set off from Chang'an to travel west. It was the middle of winter, and his itinerary was escorted by soldiers from the Flying Tiger Regiment.
Because the safety of the Gyeonggi area is not a big problem, after Princess Taiping went to Huaqing Palace, there were also Yulin soldiers stationed nearby.
The most famous reason for the Huaqing Palace in history is actually the story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei. In history, during Li Longji's reign, he visited Huaqing Palace for thirty-six times. He stayed here almost every winter until the spring of the following year. At the same time, the many love stories that happened with Yang Guifei here made this palace famous.
"Song of Everlasting Sorrow" In the spring cold, the hot spring water is used to wash the grease.The servant was helping him up with his weak power, and he was the first time he had received his new kindness.There are also many pear gardens that create colorful dresses and feathered clothes, and so on.
When Xue Chongxun thought of this on the way, he had a very strange feeling, because Li Longji finished playing before he could hold the throne. Naturally, those so-called love stories no longer existed, and Huaqing Palace was not what they looked like in the story...
Because this expansion was made by Princess Taiping and no longer the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in history, then there will be a big difference in style and structure, and there will be no more pear gardens, nor will there be no more imperial concubine soup.
However, Xue Chongxun had never been to Huaqing Palace and had never traveled there in later generations. It doesn't matter whether it looks like history.
In his memory, Huaqing Palace will always be what it sees this time.
There is still heavy snow on the road outside the city. Since the first snowfall in Guanzhong, it has been underground intermittently, either heavy or light or sunny for a day and a half, but the white snow on the ground has never disappeared.
Xue Chongxun's team left the city from Chang'an early in the morning. The guards were all cavalry Flying Tiger Regiment and there was no need to bring any supplies. They arrived in a day without any rush and arrived in Huaqing Palace at night.
From a distance, there is a vast white and undulating mountain, which should be the legendary Mount Li. Historical books record that there was once a huge building complex at this location, which is a grand project comparable to the Great Wall.
However, now Afang Palace has long been unable to see even a shadow, and the Huaqing Palace exists at the foot of the mountain.
It looks very small against the backdrop of Mount Li, so naturally it cannot be compared with the Afang Palace, which is as huge as the Great Wall.
But when I got closer, I saw the pavilions and towers in the palace were still very gorgeous and beautiful, which was not comparable to the size of an ordinary manor.
When I entered the palace gate, I saw a wide lake, which had frozen.
There is also a spacious marble road bridge on the lake. At the end of the bridge is a second-story palace with a very upright shape.
At this time, a group of officials welcomed him out. They would arrange Xue Chongxun's entourage according to the rules and regulations here. Xue Chongxun didn't have to worry about anything, just let the officials arrange it.
Walking to such a bold bridge, it is like walking on the road in front of Hanyuan Hall. It is easy to see that the bricks and stones on the bridge deck are still new. It is obviously just built according to Princess Taiping's wishes when it was newly expanded. Xue Chongxun thought that this is very consistent with Princess Taiping's style.
At this moment, Xue Chongxun suddenly felt that this place was very magical. Looking at the foot of Mount Li, there were no densely populated markets or places around the foot of Mount Li, it gave people the feeling of a wilderness forest.
But in such a wilderness, there is a palace where military officials and palace ladies live, as well as many common singers...
In his intuition, perhaps influenced by TV series such as the previous life, the sudden appearance of bustling lights in the wilderness was mostly ghostly hallucinations.
Now Xue Chongxun has this feeling, as if when he was in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, everything in front of him was an illusion.However, reason tells him that his intuition is obviously wrong, and there is a Huaqing Palace in this world.
After walking together, everyone walked across the lake and came to the front of a brightly lit palace. The tiles and tiles are all new, and the scale is naturally not as large as the Hanyuan Hall and Xuanzheng Hall in the Daming Palace, and it is just the same as the Fengman Tower in Xue Chongxun’s mansion.
An official next to him said: The newly built Furong Hall was named after His Highness, because the water lake outside was renamed Furong Lake, and there will be many lotus flowers in summer.Many places here have been built, and I am afraid that the prince will not know the road for a while, so if he wants to visit tomorrow, he has to ask someone to accompany him.
The officials didn't know that it was Xue Chongxun's first time because they thought he might have been here before as a royal relative.
Xue Chongxun didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
The official bowed again and said, Your Highness knows that the prince has arrived tonight and has already set up a dinner in Furong Hall. Please, please.
When I entered the main hall, I saw the magnificent curtains and curtains, the lamp holder was bright, the hollow copper tripods and cigarettes were few, the walls and brick and wood floors were brand new, and the cranes and stone carvings and embroidered screens were decorated.
Groups of palace maids were wearing long skirts, standing on the ground or holding various utensils. The warm and popular here was very popular, and they followed the Daming Palace when they walked in.
Xue Chongxun walked inside for a while and saw a wooden platform in front of him that was the same as in the palace hall. On the spacious throne behind him was the beautiful and domineering Princess Taiping. Her pomp was like an emperor, and behind her was a wide screen with mountains and rivers. The two palace maids were holding big fans, and there were eunuchs standing respectfully standing at any time to listen to the orders.
There were some officials and literati sitting in the seats under the wooden stage, dressed very carefully. Those who could attend Princess Taiping’s banquet were obviously talented people who could speak up poetry and songs. Perhaps there were a few famous people who were very famous in the local area...
Anyway, Xue Chongxun didn't know anyone, because the minister who actually operated the government was not here in Chang'an.
Everyone in the seat stood up and held his fists to Xue Chongxun as a tribute. Xue Chongxun also bowed and looked at him, and went straight to His Highness to kneel down and bow to him, "My son, please bow to your mother."
The heroes of our Tang Dynasty are back.Princess Taiping looked around and smiled, "Get up quickly, come here to see if my mother has lost weight. Helong is a bitter and cold place.
All the officials flattered and congratulated Xue Chongxun on his victory. Xue Chongxun was tired of hearing those nonsense when he returned to Chang'an.
When he was about to get up, he felt a slight pain in his right knee. It was probably because the old injury was not completely cured. He thought about it and showed the pain even more exaggeratedly. He frowned and supported the floor with his hands and tried hard, but he didn't get up.
Sure enough, Princess Taiping asked with concern: What's wrong with you, Chongxun?
It's okay... Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth and said, "There was a little injury on his leg that was not healed. It hurts when he kneels down. A few days ago, I was rude when I saw the emperor and didn't kneel down, which made the censor impeach me for being arrogant... I could stand up after a break.
Princess Taiping owed: You see that the emperor doesn’t kneel down, why bother here without outsiders?Someone came, hurry up and help my Chongxun up.
The two eunuchs hurriedly walked down and helped Xue Chongxun up. At this time, they heard Princess Taiping say: Come by my side, I think of you coming back every day.
So the eunuchs helped Xue Chongxun to the wooden platform, and he pushed him and said: I can leave by myself.
At this time, another eunuch brought a round waist stool and placed it next to the table in front of Princess Taiping. The eunuch also specially flatteredly put a pair of soft seat cushions.
After a while, the musicians on both sides played the song, and then some singers with wide-sleeved long skirts walked up to the wooden platform and danced to the music.
The guests picked up their wine glasses to toast Princess Taiping and her son from afar, and the hall soon became lively.
Princess Taiping smiled and said: Did you write that poem, or did it write that poem by Wang Changling or Zhang Jiuling?
It seems that Princess Taiping has always been concerned about the talents around Xue Chongxun. Wang Changling and Zhang Jiuling and other figures have a very famous reputation in history, but at this time they were still young and had not yet reached the position of prime minister, and they did not do any famous things, so their fame was not very good. Princess Taiping was able to say their names casually because those people were Xue Chongxun's aides.
Xue Chongxun said seriously: I wrote that Erling only wrote frontier poems in Helong.The song I gave to my mother was filled in with emotion, which made me laugh.
Princess Taiping said: How can you make a laugh? The well-educated ministers in the court said that they wrote very well, but I don’t think you are a little literary.
The writing should not be very good, mainly because the emotions expressed in poetry are very real.
Xue Chongxun looked in Princess Taiping's eyes, and his eyes reflected light, looking very sincere.
Sometimes a word that is not easy to take seriously can make people very real as long as they match their expressions and eyes, so that people can believe it for no reason, because it is difficult for people to deceive people, and Xue Chongxun was very sincere when he said this.
He paused and said: At that time, he was fighting against 500,000 Tubo people in Wuhai, and our army had only 68,000 people. I was really unsure and kept muttering about my mother. I was very magical and I was not afraid at all.
Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: You kid will make your mother happy, and it speaks as mysterious as the old Taoist preaches.
Xue Chongxun said: I'm really not lying to you, otherwise it would be fine...
Princess Taiping immediately interrupted him with a shout: Speaking in front of me, why are you cursing and swearing? I'm not afraid that others will laugh at you!